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ALA Midwinter Wrap-Up

ALA TechSource Webinar Wed. Jan. 19, 2011 Tom Peters (tpeters@tapinformation.com). ALA Midwinter Wrap-Up. New Product: Playaway View. http://playaway.com/view / Contains several hrs. of vids Rechargeable lithium ion battery 8 hours of playback 7 easy buttons Approx. $100 per unit

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ALA Midwinter Wrap-Up

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  1. ALA TechSource Webinar Wed. Jan. 19, 2011 Tom Peters (tpeters@tapinformation.com) ALA Midwinter Wrap-Up

  2. New Product: Playaway View • http://playaway.com/view/ • Contains several hrs. of vids • Rechargeable lithium ion battery • 8 hours of playback • 7 easy buttons • Approx. $100 per unit • 5.4 ounces • Beginning with children’s videos

  3. New Product: 3M Library Media Box • http://bit.ly/hZiIk6ox • Red Box for libraries • Holds 720 DVDs or CDs • Linkable up to 2880 items • Access at box or online • SIP2 integration with ILS • Early adopter: Cuyahoga County Public Library • $25,000 plus delivery & installation • Place at retail areas?

  4. eBook Developments • ProQuest Acquires ebrary • Eric Hellman’s perspective: http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2011/01/why-proquest-bought-ebrary.html • Good comments about the need for portable ereading at http://www.teleread.com/library/why-proquest-brought-ebrary-by-eric-hellman/ • Blio library lending module from B&T • Should be available (at least in beta) by March

  5. eBook Developments • Project Muse to include ebooks in 2011 • http://muse.jhu.edu/about/new/ebook_collections.html • JSTOR to include ebooks in 2011 • http://chronicle.com/blogs/pageview/jstor-to-offer-e-books/28060 • ACLS Humanities E-Book Report on Handheld E-Book Readers and Scholarship • http://www.humanitiesebook.org/heb-whitepaper-3.html • OITP eBook TF began mtg at ALAMW11

  6. eBook Developments • Kindle Lending Club • http://www.kindlelendingclub.com/ • Meredith Farkas’ Blog Post (Jan. 18, 2011): http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/ • Google’s doin’s: • Acquired eBook Technologies, Inc. • Applied for a trademark for “SpeedBook” (Aug.)

  7. eBook Developments • Go Dog, Go to the econtent party on your personal, portable device of choice

  8. A New Nationalism in Librarianship? • Digital Public Library of America • http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/newsroom/digital_public_library • National Reference Service Discussion • National Transition Plan for Public Libraries • http://www.pcworld.com/article/215445/towards_a_national_transition_plan_for_libraries.html • Worldwide Race to Create Nat. Dig. Libs. • http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/business/09stream.html?_r=1&ref=natashasinger

  9. Thanks for Your Time and Attention • Tom Peters • TAP Information Services • 6106 S. Stillhouse Road • Oak Grove MO 64075 • 816.616.6746 • tpeters@tapinformation.com • Twitter: TAPintoIT • FB: Thomas A. Peters • Personal Blog: TAPintoIT.wordpress.com

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