November 6, 2013

Qatar residents gain access to Springer’s eBooks and online journals

Asia Pacific, PublishersNovember 6, 2013

(4 November 2013) Springer and the Qatar National Library (QNL) have signed a groundbreaking agreement for access to eBooks and electronic journals on Springer’s platform SpringerLink. The national license entitles Qatar to use one of the largest scientific, technical and medical eBook collections in the world. Dr. Claudia Lux, Project Director of Qatar National Library,…

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eTextbook scheme in Hong Kong draws 57 applications

Asia Pacific, eBooksNovember 6, 2013

(4 November 2013) The Education Bureau has received 57 applications for the development of eTextbooks under its eTextbook market development scheme’s second phase. Twenty applications cover mathematics, eight English language, and five Chinese language. Application results are expected to be available in late December 2013. The remaining 24 applications cover computer literacy, Putonghua, science, history, geography,…

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UC Open Access Policy implementation is live

Libraries, Open Access, ToolsNovember 6, 2013

(4 November 2013) The Academic Senate of the University of California adopted an Open Access Policy on 24 July 2013, ensuring that future scholarly articles authored by faculty at all 10 UC campuses will be made available to the public at no charge. The Open Access Policy Implementation team at the California Digital Library is…

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