LISWire: Ingram Digital and Oxford University Press Team Up to Make More Titles Available

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Mariana McCulley (919) 459-6455 May 5, 2008

LAVERGNE, TN – Ingram Digital today announced an agreement with the world’s largest university press, Oxford University Press (OUP), to make available a comprehensive list of OUP titles through Ingram Digital’s MyiLibrary TM platform, a leading aggregator of online e-book and e-content resources.

“We are very excited about our agreement with Oxford University Press and what it means for students, faculty and other consumers of academic content,” said James Gray, President and CEO of Ingram Digital. “MyiLibrary customers will have access to a highly respected catalog of both backlist and frontlist titles, including the 2008 e-book frontlist providing the most current and up-to-date academic information to our users.”

Under the agreement, MyiLibrary customers will have access to e-book versions of Oxford Scholarship Online, the OUP 2008 e-book frontlist, as well as backlist titles. Oxford Scholarship Online is a rapidly expanding cross-searchable library that offers users access to over 1,200 Oxford books proving to be an invaluable tool for research and teaching. The OUP 2008 e-book frontlist consists of 280 titles related to the humanities, social sciences, business and medicine, all scheduled for release during the 2008 calendar year.

MyiLibrary’s easy-to-navigate user interface enables fast access to extensive collections of electronic information. Users can access content on an individual title, publisher-specific or subject collection basis, depending on their particular requirements. In addition, flexible authentication, comprehensive search and retrieval capabilities and the ability for individual users to annotate and store searches for access at a later date makes the MyiLibrary solution an indispensable tool for academic library users. MyiLibrary also offers customers the benefits of simultaneous multi-user access with no check-in or check-out requirements, no plug-ins or readers to download, as well as functions like new title alerts.

As part of Ingram Digital, MyiLibrary now has more than 100,000 current frontlist academic and scholarly titles available, with an additional 1,000 titles being added weekly.

ABOUT OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Oxford University Press has published medical books since 1906, and now has over 1800 titles in print.

ABOUT INGRAM DIGITAL
Ingram Digital is an Ingram Content company. Together with Ingram Book Group and Lightning Source Inc., the Ingram Content companies provide a broad range of physical and digital services to the book industry.

One big library

from blogwithoutalibrary.net by amanda

“It seems like there are lot of different kinds of libraries: public libraries, school libraries, university libraries, college libraries, law libraries, medical libraries, corporate libraries, special libraries, private libraries. But really there’s just One Big Library, with branches all over the world.”

The One Big Library Unconference is a one-day gathering of librarians, technologists and other interested people, talking about the present and future of libraries.

op 100 Tools for Learning

from iLibrarian by Ellyssa

The Spring 2008 edition of the Top 100 Tools for Learning has been published by Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies (C4LPT). Earlier this year, they gathered the top 10 tools used by 155 learning professionals to compile this massive list. Their analysis and individual lists are also linked within the document. Here are their top 10 tools:

1. del.icio.us
2. Firefox
3. Google Reader
4. Skype
5. Google Search
6. Wordpress
7. PowerPoint
8. GMail
9. Audacity
10. Blogger

Next Gen Researchers at the British Library

The London Journal of The New York Times covers the controversy having to do with the British Library’s new generation of researchers, and the philosophical debate over who should be allowed access to the national library. Four years ago the esteemed library opened its reading rooms to anyone with “a relevant research need” - including undergraduate students. These new researchers chat with one another, listen to iPods, log onto Facebook, and answer their cell phones, much to the dismay of the Library’s traditional researchers.

“The library has changed and evolved, and people use it in different ways,” said the spokeswoman, who asked that, in accordance with library policy, her name not be used. “They have a different way of doing their research. They are using their computers and checking things on the Web, not just taking notes on notepads.”

Will the Library of Congress experience the same culture clash between this new more “interactive” generation of library users and traditional researchers? They announced last week that they are now opening their main reading room to researchers age 16 and older.

Borrow a Person from the Library

A Scandinavian event called the Living Library which lets patrons borrow human “books” is making its way around the UK according to the Times Online. During these special events, library readers are able to check out a person for up to 30 minutes for a one-on-one chat which will offer them the opportunity to learn about a different lifestyle, culture, ethnicity, etc. The books cataloged for the events include a wide variety of stereotypes including Gay Man, Police Officer, Person with Mental Health Difficulties, Muslim, Vegan, and Ex Gang Member.

The Big Bang: Creating the new library universe
Encouraging flexibility, rapid response and innovation within the library sector National & State Libraries Australasia 2007–09

"New technologies are impacting on every aspect of libraries. We have responded by implementing an extraordinary range of continuous improvement and innovative projects, building
on the foundation of decades of collaborative technology and standards. We have created new services and made key parts of our collections available globally.

We are now in a position to explode and reshape our core services, resourcing and infrastructure; to explore radical new approaches across all parts of our work; and to fundamentally shift our libraries to the digital world. Our response to the environment is maturing and we must re-examine our collections; the services we provide to library users; our preservation and digitisation responsibilities; operational priorities; and workforce planning.
The rate of change will accelerate in our organisations during 2007–09.

The Big Bang is for everyone working in National & State Libraries Australasia libraries. It sets out the challenges for our libraries, a set of key operating principles endorsed by all
the members, and NSLA strategies and actions for 2007–09."