The Digital Shift — Publishers Must Embrace EPUB 3’s Accessibility Features | BEA 2012


Publishers Must Embrace EPUB 3’s Accessibility Features | BEA 2012 — The Digital Shift.

The Digital Shift — Top Libraries in U.S. and Canada Issue Statement Demanding Better Ebook Services


Top Libraries in U.S. and Canada Issue Statement Demanding Better Ebook Services — The Digital Shift.

guardian.co.uk | Technology — Why the death of DRM would be good news for readers, writers and publishers


Why the death of DRM would be good news for readers, writers and publishers >> Technology | guardian.co.uk.

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The Digital Shift — New Library Website Petitions Publishers Over Restrictive Ebook Policies
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TechCrunch — LinkedIn Acquires Professional Content Sharing Platform SlideShare For $119M


LinkedIn Acquires Professional Content Sharing Platform SlideShare For $119M | TechCrunch.

Engadget — Warner Bros. intros ‘Inside the Script’ eBook series, gives film buffs a deeper look


Unique eBook content. I could see these types of eBooks value-added additions to film studies databases in academic libraries.

Warner Bros. intros ‘Inside the Script’ eBook series, gives film buffs a deeper look — Engadget.

Mashable: 5 Tips for Great Content Curation


Some of these tips are at the core of what librarians and information services professionals do. The article is good for aspiring bloggers and “content curators.”

5 Tips for Great Content Curation by Steve Rosenbaum (Mashable)
Quotable: “Take the time to give attribution, link backs, and credit. The sharing economy works because we’re each sharing our audiences, and providing the value of our endorsements. If you pick up someone’s work and put it on your blog, or mention a fact without crediting the source, you’re not building shared credibility. You’re just abusing someone else’s effort.”

Mashable: Is the Digital World Killing Creativity?


Is the Digital World Killing Creativity? [INFOGRAPHIC] from Mashable

The Digital Shift: Comics in Libraries: Q&A on Library Edition from ComicsPlus, and Keeping Tabs on Cost Per Circ


Digital Comics in Libraries: Q&A on Library Edition from ComicsPlus, and Keeping Tabs on Cost Per Circ — The Digital Shift.

How to Create Your Own Infographics « librarianlifestyle


How to Create Your Own Infographics « librarianlifestyle.

GTA Technology Topics, Tips and Tricks: Mixed Links on Visual/Digital Resources & Services


The Pottermore Shop is open for purchase of Harry Potter eBooks. Unfortunately it looks like the eBooks are not available in Canada yet but the digital audio books are. The eBooks are DRM free. For more details see this announcement from Publisher’s WeeklyCheckouts from OverDrive start Thursday (?US only).
 
I ran across the Ogilvy Notes from SXSW 2012. These graphics are pretty cool and visually summarize a wide range of topics such as Digital Debauchery with Anthony Bourdain, Surviving Technology and Abundance: The Future is Better Than You Think. Communication using visual imagery always seems to have more of an impact and is very effective for technology related topics.
 
Continuing with the visual imagery theme, here is a post investigating the 20 Great Ways Libraries are Using Pinterest.
 
 
The Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory Digital Archive goes live with help from Google (PCMage article).  Also, from earlier this month the Albert Einstein Archives Online is now available.
 
A post from SU Information Space commenting on why LIS students should care about the Digital Public Library of America project.
 
A new Timeline tool is now available for everyone that pulls in media from different sources such as YouTube, Twitter, flickr, etc. Here is a post from Mashable highlighting this new tool.
 
Did you know there are over 100 different tools and resources available about infographics and data visualization? Here is the list.