[Web4lib] Small publisher - suggestions?

Sun Dec 5 01:41:07 EST 2010

I'm helping a friend who is consulting with a small publisher.  They
produce a bi-weekly non-peer reviewed magazine / bulletin with
investigative reporting and analysis on current events.  Articles are
similar to CQ in length and type but with a liberal slant.

This little mag has some nice content and I think that while most
libraries would not want to subscribe in print - the online versions
of their articles would be a welcome addition to something like
Expanded Academic Index (and its competitors), Academic Universe and
similar.

How does one go about shopping such content to vendors?  Are there
people who do this professionally?  How do you know how to price the
content?  What does a content provider need to look out for in terms
of licensing?

Any insight on the vendor content acquisition process or referrals to
others who could help would be most welcome.

Best,

Susan Kane
Boston, MA

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> Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 17:26:51 +0000
> From: "Popp, Mary Pagliero" <popp at indiana.edu>
> Subject: [Web4lib] Last Call -- Carroll Preston Baber research grant
> 	call	for proposals
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> LAST CALL -- Carroll Preston Baber research grant call for proposals
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> Do you have a project that is just waiting for the right funding?  Are you
> thinking about ways that libraries can improve services to users?
> The American Library Association (ALA) gives an annual grant for those
> conducting research that will lead to the improvement of services to users.
> The Carroll Preston Baber Research Grant is given to one or more librarians
> or library educators who will conduct innovative research that could lead to
> an improvement in services to any specified group of people.
> The grant, up to $3,000, will be given to a proposed project that aims to
> answer a question of vital importance to the library community that is
> national in scope. Among the review panel criteria are:
> *       The research problem is clearly defined, with a specific question or
> questions that can be answered by collecting data. The applicant(s) clearly
> describe a strategy for data collection whose methods are appropriate to the
> research question(s). A review of the literature, methodologies, etc. is not
> considered research (e.g., methodology review rather than application of a
> methodology) for purposes of the award, except where the literature review
> is the primary method of collecting data.
> *       The research question focuses on benefits to library users and
> should be applied and have practical value as opposed to theoretical.
> *       The applicant(s) demonstrate ability to undertake and successfully
> complete the project. The application provides evidence that sufficient time
> and resources have been allocated to the effort. Appropriate institutional
> commitment to the project has been secured.
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> Any ALA member may apply, and the Jury would welcome projects that involve
> both a practicing librarian and a researcher. Deadline is December 3, 2010.
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> Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 15:19:39 -0800
> From: Andy Kohler <akohler at ucla.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Help with obfuscated URL
> To: web4lib at webjunction.org
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> They do use Cold Fusion, but their content is difficult to access
> directly due either to their CMS or their design choices (or both).
>
> A quick look at the source code shows that they use javascript (their
> goto_regiment function) to submit a form (regiment_form).  This form
> uses a POST, so you can't just construct a URL with parameters -
> you'll need to write or copy your own javascript to do what their code
> does.
>
> Up to you to decide whether it's worth the work.  Keep in mind, if
> they change how their system works your code almost certainly will
> break, so factor that risk and the maintenance into your decision.
>
> --Andy
>
> On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Robert Sullivan
> <robert.g.sullivan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> O wise ones,
>>
>> I'm working on a project for the upcoming Civil War sesquicentennial
>> and I'm trying to collect information about individual New York
>> regiments. ?I have looked at the National Park Service's Civil War
>> Soldiers and Sailors System:
>>
>> <http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/>
>>
>> and it will allow me to display a list of soldiers in (for example)
>> the 134th NY Infantry regiment, but because of the way they're using
>> frames and Javascript I can't figure out a URL for the results.
>>
>> I wrote to them and the responder agreed that would be a useful
>> capability but the system (looks like they use Cold Fusion) doesn't
>> offer it. ?That may be true, but I thought I would ask if anyone else
>> could come up with something.
>>
>> Thanks for any ideas,
>>
>> --
>> Bob Sullivan
>> Schenectady Digital History Archive
>> <http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/>
>> Schenectady County (NY) Public Library
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> Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 18:31:06 -0600
> From: "Leo Robert Klein" <leo at leoklein.com>
> Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Help with obfuscated URL
> To: web4lib at webjunction.org
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> Well, since your focus is on New York State, maybe they'd let you grab the
> data so you could fashion your own content.  It's worth asking...
>
> LEO
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>> On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Robert Sullivan
>> <robert.g.sullivan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> O wise ones,
>>>
>>> I'm working on a project for the upcoming Civil War sesquicentennial
>>> and I'm trying to collect information about individual New York
>>> regiments. ?I have looked at the National Park Service's Civil War
>>> Soldiers and Sailors System:
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:47:57 -0500
> From: "Jill O'Neill" <jilloneill at nfais.org>
> Subject: [Web4lib] Portable Devices and Mobile Users (NFAIS Webinar)
> To: <web4lib at webjunction.org>
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> Members of this list may have an interest in this upcoming December 16
> Webinar (apologies for potential cross-posting):
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> NFAIS Webinar: Portable Devices and Mobile Users: A New Era for Information
> Delivery and Access
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> One of the hottest areas in R&D today is the development of personal reading
> devices that serve an increasingly mobile population. This highly
> competitive arena is driving innovation in both the format and delivery of
> information resources, offering publishers an opportunity to be creative and
> breathe new life into even the most traditional information tools for a new
> generation of users.
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> NFAIS will hold a 90-minute informational Webinar, Portable Devices and
> Mobile Users, on December 16, 2010 at 1:00pm EST.  Maureen Kelly, Principal,
> Content Kinetics, will open the meeting with a brief history of book
> technology.  Jill O' Neill, NFAIS Director of Communication and Planning,
> will then discuss the reading experience, including an overview of today's
> established user interfaces and navigational approaches and how users can
> customize their own experience. The meeting will then take a look at the
> development of e-reader technology, from first to third generation and
> beyond, current content delivery channels, and the markets for e-readers and
> e-publications. And in closing, the meeting will focus on why all
> information providers need to pay attention to the development of portable
> reading devices so that they can re-shape their content to offer an
> enjoyable and satisfying user experience - on any platform, anywhere!
>
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> If you want to learn more about today's portable reading devices register
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> participate for a group fee of $225. The group fee for an unlimited number
> of staff from any non-member organization is $285. The registration form can
> be accessed at: http://info.nfais.org/info/PortableDev2010_RegForm.pdf.
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> For more information contact:  Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication
> and Planning, 215-893-1561 (phone); 215-893-1564 (fax);
> mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org or go to http://www.nfais.org/.
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