(14 July 2013) The four surviving original copies of Magna Carta will be brought together for the first time in history in 2015, the year of the 800th anniversary of the issue of the Charter by King John in 1215. The unification, which will be held at the British Library in collaboration with Lincoln Cathedral…
As a result of cooperative effort between the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) of the People’s Republic of China, Chinese patent documentation is now available for search and retrieval from the USPTO website via the Global Patent Search Network. This tool will enable the user to freely…
(12 July 2013, New York) LexisNexis® Legal & Professional, a leading provider of content and technology solutions, today announced that it has added new features and capabilities to its market leading LexisNexis® Digital Library eLending solution to advance the digital library experience for legal professionals. The announcement comes as LexisNexis prepares to participate in the…
The Li Ka Shing Library of the Singapore Management University is hosting several satellite meetings at the 79th IFLA Conference. They include IFLAcamp2; Making ends meet: high quality design on a low budget; Making better laws – the unique role of the parliamentary library and research services; and Global sharing of open access content. More…
(Singapore, 11 July 2013) Ex Libris® Group, a world leader in the provision of library automation solutions has announced that Seoul National University (SNU) has selected the next-generation Alma library management solution. SNU is the first Korean institution to join the Alma early-adopter program, following in the footsteps of over 160 leading institutions worldwide. More here.
“Our people are avid readers,” said Thant Thu Zar Maung of the Myanmar Book Aid and Preservation Foundation, as she showed Beyond Access a small school library bustling with children in June. “We just need more to read.” The school in Thanlyn, a town 30 kilometers east of the capital, Yangon, is run by Buddhist…
(10 July 2013) Assistant Attorney General Bill Baer in charge of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division made the following statement today after the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York found that Apple Inc. violated Section 1 of the Sherman Act by conspiring to raise eBook prices and end eBook retailers’…
(9 July 2013, Chicago) ALA Editions will hold a session of its popular facilitated eCourse, E-Books: What Librarians Need to Know Now and for the Future with Mirela Roncevic.This four-week eCourse wiill begin on 3 September 2013. Mirela Roncevic has been involved with eBooks and eReaders since their emergence, and in this new eCourse she’ll give you…
(Las Vegas, July 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/) — Blackboard Inc. today announced a free, flexible option for running massive open online courses (MOOCs): a hosted instance of Blackboard Learn™, the company’s flagship learning management system (LMS). With more institutions looking to offer large, open courses, the offer will give institutions a fully functional, flexible platform option complete…
Two Shanghai universities have teamed up with Coursera, a United States-based website that offers open, online and free courses for learners from all walks of life. The local varsities were following in the footsteps of world-class universities such as Yale University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University in the US. ShanghaiDaily.com has the story.…
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