Amazon reached a deal to license its e-books to libraries nationwide shortly before a Maryland state bill became law that would force the e-commerce giant to make that material available to libraries in the state.
The new law requires any publisher offering to license an electronic literary product to consumers to also offer to license the content to public libraries on reasonable terms.
MORE Wilshire Blvd. is arguably the most important boulevard in Los Angeles today, says Kevin Roderick, author of “Wilshire Blvd: Grand Concourse of Los Angeles.” Photo by Mike Schlitt.
There are older streets, longer streets and streets more beautiful, but no single street tells a story that better defines the city we live in than Wilshire Boulevard.
“No one could have designed Wilshire. I think you could argue that [it’s] the most important boulevard in Los Angeles. It has not just some baggage, but also … meaning behind it,” explains Kevin Roderick, author of “Wilshire Blvd: Grand Concourse of Los Angeles.”
Oregon, Washington partner on tool to access, share cultural heritage digital archives
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) The Oregon Heritage Commission, State Library of Oregon and Washington State Library have partnered to launch Northwest Digital Heritage, an online platform for Oregon- and Washington-based libraries, museums and cultural heritage organizations to digitize and make accessible cultural heritage materials.
Northwest Digital Heritage also operates as a service hub of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), which helps bring these unique and local Northwest collections to a wider audience. This gives local galleries, libraries, museums, research institutions, historical societies, and others in both states the opportunity to upload their digitized collections onto DPLA’s extensive library of online archives.
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