Bolinda to distribute Pan Macmillan and A&U ebooks into libraries
Bolinda has announced a partnership with Pan Macmillan and Allen & Unwin to supply ebooks via its BorrowBox digital download platform into libraries and schools. The BorrowBox ebook platform will be rolled...
Reading Matters 2013 dates, new features announced
The State Library of Victoria will hold its 10th annual Reading Matters conference from Thursday 30 May to Saturday 1 June 2013. The conference, which focuses on children’s and YA...
Govt launches online survey for PLR/ELR schemes
The Federal Government’s Office of the Arts is seeking community feedback about the Public Lending Rights (PLR) and Education Lending Rights (ELR) schemes through an online survey. The survey, which...
Government seeks community feedback on PLR, ELR schemes
The Federal Government’s Office of the Arts is seeking community feedback about the Public Lending Rights (PLR) and Education Lending Rights (ELR) schemes through an online survey. Interested parties have...
Government seeks community feedback on PLR, ELR schemes
The Federal Government’s Office of the Arts is seeking community feedback about the Public Lending Rights (PLR) and Education Lending Rights (ELR) schemes through an online survey. Interested parties have...
Copyright in Australia: Where to from here?
Two reports relating to the Australian copyright industries were released in August. One looks at the recent past: the economic contributions of our country’s copyright industries between 1996 and 2011....
Ferguson joins Bowker
Kate Ferguson has joined Bowker’s Australian office in the role of library sales executive. Ferguson is currently studying her librarianship and previously worked as a customer service operations coordinator for...
Work underway to ‘modernise’ PLR, ELR schemes
The Federal Government has announced that is has ‘started working on modernising’ the Public Lending Rights (PLR) and the Education Lending Rights (ELR) schemes. The Department of Arts is currently...
Judge asked to rule on ‘fair use’ in HathiTrust case
The latest actions in the copyright infringement lawsuit against digital repository HathiTrust and five universities in the US could force a more specific legal definition of what constitutes 'fair use'...
Random House increases ebooks price for libraries
Random House US, has increased the price of its ebooks for library wholesalers. Wholesale charges for ebooks will rise by over 20 % for new adult releases. Prices will more...
Australia’s first feminist journal goes online
The National Library of Australia (NLA) has digitized and made available online Australia’s first feminist journal, The Dawn, (1888-1905). The Dawn was published by Louisa Lawson, the mother of writer...
Children’s and YA authors attend ninth annual WA CBCA ‘night with our stars’
The Western Australian branch of the Children's Book Council of Australia hosted 22 WA authors at its ninth annual 'night with our stars' event on 8 March. 'Authors and illustrators...
Judge asked to rule on ‘fair use’ in Hathitrust case
The latest actions in the copyright infringement lawsuit against digital repository HathiTrust and five universities in the US could force a more specific legal definition of what constitutes 'fair use' of digitised...
Penguin to stop supplying new ebooks, audiobooks through OverDrive
Penguin has announced that it has ended its relationship with ebook and audiobook distributor Overdrive, saying that it will no longer provide new copies of ebooks and audiobooks for purchase...
Penguin to stop supplying new ebooks, audiobooks through Overdrive
Penguin has announced that it has ended its relationship with ebook and audiobook distributor Overdrive, saying that it will no longer provide new copies of ebooks and audiobooks for purchase by...
WAGUL selects Ingram as sole content supplier
The Western Australian Group of University Librarians (WAGUL) has announced that it has selected Ingram Content Group as its sole library content supplier. The move, which will allow the consortium...
PLR and ELR face ‘greatest challenge since their inception’
Australia's Public Lending Rights (PLR) and Educational Lending Rights (ELR) schemes face 'probably the greatest challenge since their inception' in the form of ebooks, according to the PLR committee's annual...
ALS launches ePlatform ebook lending service locally
Library supplier ALS has launched the ePlatform ebook lending service in Australia. Launched locally at the SWITCH public libraries conference in late November, ePlatform offers local content from publishers including Allen...
CAVAL acquires Languages Direct
Library services provider CAVAL has announced it has acquired Languages Direct. CAVAL acquired the specialist language library supply business from DA Information Services and said 'all Languages Direct and CAVAL...
In Brief
Miles Franklin winner announced tonightThe winner of this year's Miles Franklin Literary Award will be announced at an awards ceremony at the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne tonight. As...