(15 January 2015, London and Berlin) Holtzbrinck Publishing Group (Holtzbrinck) and BC Partners (BCP) announced today that they have reached an agreement to merge Springer Science+Business Media (owned by funds advised by BCP) in its entirety with the majority of Holtzbrinck-owned Macmillan Science and Education (MSE), namely Nature Publishing Group, Palgrave Macmillan and the global…
(14 January 2015, Chennai) Palm leaves, ancient texts and manuscripts that were accessible only for a select few on poring through rows of dusty records are now just a click away for anyone from anywhere across the world. For the first time in India, 2,600,000 pages of historic records are being made available to the…
(13 January 2015) The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) and IOP Publishing (IOP) have announced a new partnership to publish the journal Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (PASP). Established in 1889, PASP has a long and illustrious history in the field of astronomy, disseminating refereed research, invited reviews, and dissertation summaries.…
(12 January 2015, Ithaca, N.Y.) It all started with an electronic bulletin board — one computer on one scientist’s desk. Now, more than two decades later, arXiv is a driving force in scientific communication. It draws in thousands of researchers every day, operating with a permanent staff and a $1M budget. As an open-access service, it…
(14 January 2015) This toolkit guides you through design thinking so you can start coming up with solutions to everyday challenges within the library. IDEO created this toolkit to introduce a way of working that will help you understand the needs of your patrons as you design the library space. The toolkit is the result…
(13 January 2015) The IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2015 has made available funds to provide support for 20 delegates to attend IFLA WLIC 2015 in South Africa by waiving their registration fee. Additional expenses need to be covered by other sponsorship or by candidates themselves. Applicants should be first time attendees to the…
(14 January 2015) Sri Lanka’s National Conference on Library and Information Science NACLIS 2015, will be held in June 2015. The main theme this year is Challenges for Information Professionals and LIS services in the 21st century. The call for papers is here.
(13 January 2015) Living Knowledge sets out the British Library’s vision for its future development as it looks ahead to 2023, the year of its 50th anniversary as the national library of the United Kingdom It explains how the Library delivers public value – in custodianship, research, business, culture, learning and international partnership – and…
The Director, Digital Experience and Chief Information Officer will lead, plan, direct and provide strategic advice on the development and management of ICT and Digital environment to meet current and future needs of the State Library. Closing date is 29 January 2015. Details about the position are here.
(29 December 2014) New figures show the rate at which New Zealanders are moving away from books towards digital media. New figures taken by Impact PR from an analysis of data provided by the Companies Office show more book retailers closed in 2013 than in any of the previous 12 years. New figures taken by…
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