The Designing Libraries website spotlights a Canadian report which looks at the changing face of the university library – fewer books, more hi-tech learning spaces, and robotic delivery. More here. The Designing Libraries website is here.
(24 October 2013) The Open Access Licenses and Agreements Task Force has announced the release of a new report, Open Access Clauses in Publishers’ Licenses: Current State and Lessons Learned. The report presents the results of a review of licenses that secure the rights for authors and/or their institutions to deposit published articles into an OA repository. As Open Access…
This position is responsible for managing teams of staff involved in the selection, acquisition, cataloguing and processing of Asian language library materials as well as the delivery of library services to onsite and offsite users of the Library’s Asian collections. Staff development and liaison with internal and external stakeholders are important components of the job. …
(Waltham, MA, 23 October 2013) Elsevier today announced that it has agreed to provide edX with Elsevier science and technology book content for up to five massive open online courses (MOOC). edX offers online learning to students on campus and millions of people around the world with its open-source platform. Elsevier will provide textbook content…
(Farmington Hills, Mich., 23 October 2013) Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a leading publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses, today announced the addition of nearly 200 new children’s reference titles from revered publisher, Encyclopaedia Britannica, to its Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) eBook platform. GVRL delivers reference content and series…
(Emeryville, CA, 26 September 2013) —Innovative announced today that it is establishing a services, support and development center in Noida, India to provide closer support to existing customers in Asia, Australia and New Zealand and position the company for continued growth in the region. Innovative India, which is projected to have approximately 60 staff members…
(Emeryville, CA, 22 October 2103) Innovative has appointed Keng Wee Chuang as Sales Director of Asia. Most recently he served as Senior Director at RealNetworks, a provider of internet streaming media delivery software and services, creating value in the areas of sales, marketing, and business development. Previously, he was at LogicaCMG, a multinational IT and…
(21 October 2013) Sue Gardner in a press release says “Editors on the English Wikipedia are currently investigating allegations of suspicious edits and sockpuppetry (i.e. using online identities for purposes of deception). At this point, as reported, it looks like a number of user accounts — perhaps as many as several hundred — may have…
(21 October 2013) Flinders University Library is once again supporting International Open Access week (21-27 October). In addition to an Open Access Lounge the library has prepared a LibGuide to important information about Open Access. Read more here.
(18 October 2013) Two weeks ago today DOAJ published an initial response to the John Bohannon ‘sting’ article published in Science Magazine. (See here). The response came a day after the article’s embargo broke, while Twitter, blogs and news sites were excitedly discussing the article’s implications, the shortcomings of its methodology and the failings. Now…
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