(Cambridge, MA, 10 September 2013) Edx, the not-for-profit online learning initiative, today announced its partnership with Google to jointly develop the edX open source learning platform, Open edX, and expand the availability of the platform and its learning tools to individuals and institutions around the world. In collaboration with Google, edX will build out and…
(10 September 2013) Newsnet, Commentary, Blog, and Twitter are the major channels for over 500 million Chinese to access news, voice opinions, and exchange ideas on current important domestic and international issues. The California Digital Library’s Web Archiving Service (WAS) captures and preserves ephemeral content to fill the gap of collections and services. The “Current Events…
From 21-27 October the global academic and research community will come together to celebrate Open Access Week, reports Liber. Learn more on the Open Access Week website, or watch a video here for a brief introduction to Open Access. Read an announcement here.
(10 September 2013) The IFLA Health and Biosciences Section [H&BS] invites expressions of interest to host the 12th International Congress on Medical Librarianship [ICML] in 2017. The ICML takes place in a city selected through a competitive process. The Congress normally attracts 500+ attendees from around the world. The host organisation will be responsible for…
(10 September 2013) The House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Committee has today published a critical report on the Open Access (OA) policy introduced on April 1st by Research Councils UK (RCUK). In his blog Open and Shut?, Richard Poynder reports on the latest report from the UK Government on open access policy.…
(10 September 2013) LIANZA has posted a summary on its website of the feedback it received on its Strategic Plan. The themes include leadership, collaboration, governance and advocacy. Read more here.
(6 September 2103) Judge Denise Cote has signed a court that requires Apple to modify its existing agreements with the five major publishers with which it conspired – Hachette Book Group (USA), HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C., Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC, which does business as Macmillan, Penguin Group (USA) Inc. and Simon & Schuster Inc. – to allow…
(Washington, 20 June 2013) Despite research on the importance of reading with children from a young age, few parents in the United States with kids age eight and younger are engaged in nightly reading, according to a new survey from Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) and Macy’s. The survey, conducted by Harris Interactive, finds that only…
(5 September 2013, Boston, Oxford) Credo has 19 new and updated Subject and Publisher Collections, adding to the more than 80 collections currently available for perpetual purchase or subscription. Credo’s new collections help librarians grow their reference shelves through their Literati or Credo Online Reference Service solutions. The newly released collections include: Intelecom Intelligent Telecommunications…
(6 September 2013) A number of participants in the Research Information Literacy and Digital Scholarship project, RILADS, have had their submissions published online giving a clear picture of how they addressed the RIDLS criteria used in the project. See them here.
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