Issues in Scholarly Communication is a newsletter produced by Paula Kaufman, University Librarian and Dean of Libraries, for the Illinois community. Entries from 2001-2005 newsletter are available.
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HarperCollins content from all divisions will become digital with the help of NewsStand, Inc., an online electronic delivery system, which will organize the News Corp. publisher’s content in a global digital warehouse and distribute it online to a variety of partners. In an agreement announced yesterday, HarperCollins will work exclusively with NewsStand to host multiple digital formats and distribute the content to retail, search and online partners as well as to HarperCollins’ consumer website, though there are no immediate plans for monetizing that content. “Digital warehousing on this scale—with this flexibility—is a significant leap forward in the information industry,” said Kit Webster, president and CEO of NewsStand. “Our company’s experience in managing digital information, including content rights control, electronic publications, enabled websites and Internet distribution, has made this large project possible.” With a goal of digitizing more than 10,000 titles by the end of June, NewsStand will start immediately digitizing the publisher’s front and backlists. The Book Standard 4/12/06
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