1. ALA Midwinter Wrap-Up ALA TechSource Webinar Wed. Jan. 19, 2011 Tom Peters (tpeters@tapinformation.com)

2. New Product: Playaway View http://playaway.com/view/ Contains several hrs. of vids Rechargeable lithium ion battery 8 hours of playback 7 easy buttons Approx. $100 per unit 5.4 ounces Beginning with children’s videos

3. New Product: 3M Library Media Box http://bit.ly/hZiIk6ox Red Box for libraries Holds 720 DVDs or CDs Linkable up to 2880 items Access at box or online SIP2 integration with ILS Early adopter: Cuyahoga County Public Library $25,000 plus delivery & installation Place at retail areas?

4. eBook Developments ProQuest Acquires ebrary Eric Hellman’s perspective: http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2011/01/why-proquest-bought-ebrary.html Good comments about the need for portable ereading at http://www.teleread.com/library/why-proquest-brought-ebrary-by-eric-hellman/ Blio library lending module from B&T Should be available (at least in beta) by March

5. eBook Developments Project Muse to include ebooks in 2011 http://muse.jhu.edu/about/new/ebook_collections.html JSTOR to include ebooks in 2011 http://chronicle.com/blogs/pageview/jstor-to-offer-e-books/28060 ACLS Humanities E-Book Report on Handheld E-Book Readers and Scholarship http://www.humanitiesebook.org/heb-whitepaper-3.html OITP eBook TF began mtg at ALAMW11

6. eBook Developments Kindle Lending Club http://www.kindlelendingclub.com/ Meredith Farkas’ Blog Post (Jan. 18, 2011): http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/ Google’s doin’s: Acquired eBook Technologies, Inc. Applied for a trademark for “SpeedBook” (Aug.)

7. eBook Developments Go Dog, Go to the econtent party on your personal, portable device of choice

8. A New Nationalism in Librarianship? Digital Public Library of America http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/newsroom/digital_public_library National Reference Service Discussion National Transition Plan for Public Libraries http://www.pcworld.com/article/215445/towards_a_national_transition_plan_for_libraries.html Worldwide Race to Create Nat. Dig. Libs. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/business/09stream.html?_r=1&ref=natashasinger

9. Thanks for Your Time and Attention Tom Peters TAP Information Services 6106 S. Stillhouse Road Oak Grove MO 64075 816.616.6746 tpeters@tapinformation.com Twitter: TAPintoIT FB: Thomas A. Peters Personal Blog: TAPintoIT.wordpress.com