More eBook news from the State Library
The State Library is pleased to announce the pilot of its EBook Library (EBL) service has now begun! This collection is comprised of 2,500 Australian books, mainly academic in nature and all being e-versions of published books held in the Library. This service is aimed at people who either can’t get in to use the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Overdrive Most Downloaded Books
The DigitalLibrary blog has an article about the most downloaded ebooks. The DigitalLibrary blog is a blog for Overdrive, the audio and ebook service that we looked at and which is used by some public library services in Australia, notably Yarra Plenty Public Library. Each month overdrive produces their Most Downloaded Books from the Library [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )eBooks out-circulating audiobooks via Overdrive
Digital Library blog is reporting that (in the US) for the first time ever, eBooks are out-circulating audiobooks in Overdrive – the ebook and audiobook online lending service. “Library eBook circulation has steadily grown over the past month, starting on Nov. 26, the day after the US Thanksgiving holiday. (Like Christmas, many people had new [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Sites sites sites!
A selection of sites I have added this month to our Delicious account: ebookish.com.au is an Australian blog about digital publishing, e-reading, related gadgets and the future of the book Birds Australia offers loads information and resources on Australian birds. Bike Map – Penrith ~ Windsor ~ Blue Mountains from the RTA, pdf download of the cycleway map for Penrith, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Australian Women’s Weekly goes online
Early editions of The Australian Women’s Weekly are now available on Trove. Issues from the first publication on 10 June 1933 (see its cover page below) to when it changed to a monthly on 15 December 1982, are now online at trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper for everyone to read now and into the future. PC
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )International Music Score Library Project
I thought that the International Music Score Library Project site might be of interest to staff and library customers. When you select a score for downloading, you are reminded to be careful of the copyright laws applicable in your country – this caution was enough to stop me from going any further, as I didn’t [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )ePaper
I’ve lifted this holus-bolus from Stephen’s Lighthouse LG will Mass Produce 19 inch Flexible e-Paper and 9.7 inch Color E-paper by the end of 2010 “Korean electronics manufacturer LG, who makes the screens for the Apple iPad and Amazon Kindle, has revealed in SEC filings that they are continuing to break new ground with e-paper [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )eBooks
Colleen and I are set for a day trip to sunny Blacktown next Tuesday (24th) for an ‘eResources Demonstration and Trade Show’. My initial reaction at seeing the title was to think, “why torture myself with the unattainable”, but I’ve been persuaded it’ll be useful and interesting and so have warned the family, printed out [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Bringing Them Home oral history interviews
To mark the second anniversary of the apology to members of the Stolen Generations, the National Library has launched a special website featuring the oral history interviews with people who were involved in or affected by the removal of Indigenous children from their families. The aim of the project has been to collect and preserve the [...]
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