(4 September 2013) Read theInternational Council for Scientific and Technical Information, ICSTI’s submission to the 25 September ICSU Meeting in Paris, the aim of which is to define ICSU’s policies on open access to information and data, and the use of metrics as incentives and performance measures. Submission here.
Oyster offers unlimited books for just USD9.95 a month. Members enjoy access to more than 100,000 titles, available with a single tap, anytime, anywhere. Readers can access and read over 100,000 titles across every genre—from international bestsellers and celebrated classics, to cult sci-fi and seminal biographies. With new books added every week, there’s always more…
(4 September 2013) ARL invites libraries to join the global assessment community of LibQUAL+ by registering for the 2014 LibQUAL+ survey. LibQUAL+ is a suite of services that libraries use to solicit, track, understand, and act upon users’ opinions of service quality. The program’s centerpiece is a rigorously tested web survey paired with training that…
(4 September 2013) The Digital Public Library of America now offers 1.7 million metadata records associated with almost 3.5 million of HathiTrust’s freely available books, journals, government documents and more, on dp.la and through the DPLA application programming interface (API). This brings the DPLA’s offerings to 4.5 million records. Among the HathiTrust records are tens of thousands…
(Beijing, China, 28 August 2013) – Wolters Kluwer Health will be working with the People’s Health Publishing House (PMPH), the largest medical publisher in China, to expand its domestic and foreign healthcare publishing market. Under the MOU, Wolters Kluwer Health and PMPH will deepen and expand their collaboration. While PMPH will continue to translate Wolters…
There is even more opportunity to keep up to date with the latest developments in Digital Preservation in 2013 – 2014 Member only events include: Writing a Digital Preservation Business Case Talking with the Techies: writing and understanding requirements in digital preservation Cost Modelling for Preservation Virtualization and preservation: New directions Updating OAIS – ISO…
(China Daily, 26 August 2103) The China Daily reports that passengers on Shanghai’s Metro Line 2 will be able to select a book at one station and return it to any of the other stations with customized bookshelves. Readers do not have to pay a deposit or any rent for the books and magazines they…
(TNN 3 September) The Zila Rajkiya Library in Chunniganj, Kanpur, India, is about to be renovated as a “global library” with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Times of India has the story.
Amazon has announced the all-new Kindle Paperwhite which features new display technology with higher contrast, the next generation built-in light, a faster processor, the latest touch technology, and exclusive new features designed from the ground up for readers. Kindle Paperwhite is available for pre-order at www.amazon.com. “Kindle is the best-selling eReader in the world for…
(Chicago, 3 September 2013) Designing online courses, the secrets to successful leadership and how to become a library consultant are some of the exciting topics to be addressed at institutes offered by the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) at the 2014 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, January 2014. ASCLA, a small, mighty…
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