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Beijing (CH) / Leiden (NL) – 1 September 2011

Today, at the Beijing International Book Fair a Journal Co-publication Agreement has been signed between Higher Education Press (Beijing) and Brill (Leiden). As of 2012 Brill will be responsible for the international print and online distribution of six scholarly journals in the Frontiers of China series, while Higher Education Press will be responsible for the Chinese market.

Leiden - 29 August 2011

For Immediate Release
Contact: Rob Colding
Information Today, Inc.
(609) 654-6266, ext. 330

August 29, 2011, Medford, NJ—Information Today, Inc. (ITI) announced the premiere edition of Introduction to Information Science and Technology, a book edited by Charles H. Davis and Debora Shaw and published by ITI on behalf of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T).

This fall, Brill (http://www.brill.nl/) will launch a complete new platform using the pub2web software from Publishing Technology http://www.publishingtechnology.com/. The Brill Online Books and Journals platform will host approximately 110,000 journal articles and 25,000 book chapters.

This state-of-the-art publications platform will benefit from the very latest Semantic Web technologies to enhance the user experience, enrich and add value to content assets, increase discoverability and cross reference and promote related content which may be of interest to readers.

Charleston, SC & London, UK – BiblioLabs, LLC and the British Library have launched their British Library 19th Century Historical Collection App for iPad – now available on the App Store. The App was announced in June with an initial offering of a thousand 19th century books – it now makes some 45,000 titles available to subscribers, expanding to over 60,000 titles by the end of the year.

July 11, 2011, Medford, NJ—Information Today, Inc. (ITI) announced the publication of The Internet Book of Life: Use the Web to Grow Richer, Smarter, Healthier, and Happier, by reference librarian and author Irene E. McDermott, in simultaneous print and ebook editions and with online support provided via the author’s blog at http://imcdermott.wordpress.com/.

This weeks posting on the bookplate blog is about 18th century circulating libraries.
Http://bookplatejunkie.blogspot.com

June 8, 2011

San Diego, CA

For Immediate Release.

More and more Youth Service Librarians are being asked to fill the role of art teacher and activities director. Budget cuts, innovative library programs, and the need to keep the library a place for children and teens to thrive requires an understanding of programs that incorporate visual literacy and hands on art projects.

There is a resource that will help you. Art Teacher on the Net an online art resource website since 1998 is sponsoring 2 workshops for Librarians.

For Immediate Release
Contact: Rob Colding
Information Today, Inc.
(609) 654-6266, ext. 330

May 9, 2011, Medford, NJ—Information Today, Inc. (ITI) announced the publication of Dancing With Digital Natives: Staying in Step With the Generation That’s Transforming the Way Business Is Done, edited by Michelle Manafy and Heidi Gautschi.

First-of-its-Kind Regional Studies-Based Resource Empowers
Students and Faculty to Blaze New Research Trails