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Archive for the ‘Electronic Resource’ Category

Providing Users with Search Algorithm Information

22 Nov

Matt Cutts, Distinguished Engineer, recaps ten changes to Google’s algorithm implemented during the last couple of weeks on Google’s official Inside Search blog including, for example: Snippets with more page content and less header/menu content: This change helps us choose…

 

The Labyrinth of Library eBook Acquisitions

21 Nov

When interviewed for being recognized as a 2011 Mover & Shaker, Sue Polanka, Head of Reference/Instruction at Wright State University Libraries, was quoted in the LJ profile article: “As much as people call me an expert, I’m not,” Polanka says….

 

When May a Library Loan a Loaded eBook Reader? Four Scenarios

21 Nov

Check out Mary Minow’s answers on LibraryLaw Blog for the following: The device is empty. The only copyrighted content is the code itself that the device uses to display ebooks. The device is loaded with public domain content and/or content…

 

The New Search Model: "Everyone plugs into the search engine, only a few understand how it works"

17 Nov

A definition of the algorithm: The algorithm is an effective method expressed as a finite list of well-defined instructions. And that is the problem today’s new legal search engines present for users and instructors of online legal research in the…

 

Authors Guild Complains About Amazon’s Kindle Book Lending Program

15 Nov

If the Authors Guild hates libraries it hates electronic libraries even more. We know about the suit against the HathiTrust, which is the outgrowth of litigation against Google for scanning books without permission, assuming permission is necessary. No court has…

 

Yale Law Journal Joins the Ranks of Major Law Journals Issuing eBook Editions Published by Quid Pro Books

14 Nov

Yale Law Journal has joined Standford Law Review and Harvard Law Review in making available issues in multiple eBook formats published by Quid Pro Books. Starting with vol. 121, no. 1, dated October 2011, YLJ is now available for Kindle…

 

Nixon Unplugged

14 Nov

Hat tip to WSJ Law Blog’s Joe Palazzolo who wrote in his time-stamped Nov. 10, 2011, 12:05 PM ET post Law Blog Doc Dump: Nixon’s Grand Jury Records: A heads up to our legal history buffs: The government’s Nixon Presidential…

 

TR Legal’s Format Switcheroos: From Loose-leaf Sets to Pamphlet Editions to Bringing ProView eBooks to Market

09 Nov

Shaun Esposito, CRIV Chair, 2011-2012 and Head of Public Services at the University of Arizona College of Law Library, asked about the format change TR Legal has been executing from loose-leaf to pamphlet editions because “Several AALL members have asked…

 

Digital Revenues as a Percent of Total Book Sales by Major Publishers

09 Nov

paidContent’s Laura Hazard Owen charts the digital revenue of major publishers based on the latest earnings report season at How Book Publishers’ Digital Revenues Stack Up. [JH]

 

Creating Video Tutorials of Today’s Online Search Services: The example of Fastcase endorsing best practice videos authored by law librarians

07 Nov

Got to hand it to Fastcase for calling attention to video tutorials created by law librarians: We recently came across a series of well-crafted Fastcase Video Tutorials created by our partners at the Jenkins Law Library. We were impressed with…