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Source: New York Times
The International Music Score Library Project has grown to be one of the largest sources of scores anywhere. The article posted on February 22nd 2011 may be viewed here.

Source: The European Library 
Registration is now open for The IFLA Presidential Meeting 2011. The theme is Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge: Action for Europe and the two-day conference will be held on April 14-15 in The Hague at the National Library of the Netherlands. The announcement may be viewed here.

Source: International Conferderation of Music Publishers (ICMP)
ICMP Secretary General Ger Hatton comments on European Voice article 'A lack of digital harmony' by Ian Wishart. The response from the ICMP can be found here.

Source: top40-charts.com 
ZMX Music today launched its new direct-to-fan sheet music delivery system. The article posted on February 16th 2011 may be viewed here.

Source: International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) 
IIPA's 25th Piracy Report Documents the Challenge of Online & Physical Piracy in 40 Countries. The press release dated 15th February 2011 may be viewed here.

Source: Supply Chain Digest 
"Other segments also focus on using RFID to improve their inbound and outbound quality, as well as minimize their shrinkage and manage their inventory". The article on how RFID helps the (apparel) retail supply chain posted on 2nd February 2011 may be viewed here.

Digital Book World

created by: Carolin Unger, on: 28.01.2011 Kommentare (0)

Source: Book Industry Study Group (BISG) - USA 
The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) is the leading U.S. book trade association for supply chain standards, research, and best practices. Comments surrounding the BISG research report on ISBN posted on 26th January 2011 may be viewed here.

Source: Max-Planck-Institut 
The report "Handling Scanned Sheet Music and Audio Recordings in Digital Music Libraries" may be viewed here.

Source: Publishing Perspectives 
"Enhanced metadata can increase discoverability of books and provide marketing information to the entire publishing supply chain." The article posted on 27th January 2011 may be viewed here.

Metadata

created by: Carolin Unger, on: 24.01.2011 Kommentare (0)

Source: Publishers Weekly 
Five Degrees Of Metadata: Small Changes Can Mean Big Sales. The blog posted on 24th January 2011 may be viewed here.