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Archive for November, 2009
Internet Librarian International Announces Dates for London 2010
Nov 27th
Internet Librarian International has announced that the 2010 Conference will take place on 14 & 15 October 2010, with pre-conference workshops on 13 October. The venue will once again be Novotel London West in London, UK.
The 2009 event was a great success with attendees from 33 countries – to get a flavour of the conference, check out this video interview with keynote speaker Cory Doctorow, and watch Dr Peter Murray-Rust’s challenging keynote address. Review the entire 2009 event, and watch out for 2010 developments here.
Google Books revised settlement – French, German and other non-English books excluded
Nov 27th
Searcher’s Barbara Quint gives the lowdown on the revised Google Books Settlement, which once finalised will enable Google to make available millions of out-of-print books in the US.
The international scope of the agreement has been reduced, although books published in Canada, the UK or Australia – countries which share legal frameworks and book industry practices – are still covered. Dan Clancy, engineering director for Google Book Search, confirms that foreign works will continue to be added to the Google Books collection, and although “users will not have access to the full text or to the extended Preview mode for the bulk of foreign in-copyright works, they will still be able to search them, identify relevant items, and read the snippets.”
Live from London
Nov 26th
Don’t miss InfoToday’s 7th annual ‘Live from London’ coverage from the Online Information conference and exhibition, starting next week (30 November - 3 December). Exploring the theme of ‘State of the Industry’, IT’s editors Barb Brynko, Marydee Ojala and Dick Kaser will be interviewing participants to determine concerns, priorities, issues and tactics and ask how the information industry is doing, and where’s it going. Check out the trailer here.
Welcome
Nov 26th
Welcome to the Information Today Europe blog. Here you’ll find news, comment and analysis on the information industry in Europe, brought to you by the publisher of Information Today, ONLINE Magazine, EContent, KMWorld and Searcher, and the organiser of Internet Librarian International.
