(26 March 2013, IATUL News Alerts) How would you teach information literacy to students with minimal print resources and no access to subscription databases? What if you had a whole semester to teach an eager class of college freshmen, but their only resources were what they could find for free on the internet? Go to…
(25 March 2013) The EC has launched a new project to help organizations invest confidently in digital curation and preservation. 4C – ‘the Collaboration to Clarify the Costs of Curation’ – brings together 13 agencies in 7 different countries so that organizations can approach their investment in data curation and preservation with greater certainty…
In a recent LIBLICENSE blog post (25 March 2013) Richard Poynder writes that during a two-day inaugural Global Summit on Merit Review held in Washington last May — which was organised by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) at the request of the White House Office of Science & Technology (OSTP) — a new organisation…
(24 March 2013) The results of a European-wide online survey assessing the preparedness of research libraries for economically-sustainable digital preservation is now available. This report presents the current state of digital preservation in European research libraries, it’s implementation, drivers, benefits, funding sources, and place in the strategy, mission and vision of organisations. It provides insight…
New books and backlist titles to be available on the online platform SpringerLink (New York / Heidelberg, 13 March 2013) Springer has entered into a partnership with The American Meteorological Society (AMS) for the electronic distribution of their book titles for the next three years on SpringerLink (link.springer.com). The agreement includes the distribution of monographs,…
A new white paper from Springer examines eBook adoption at an undergraduate institution (18 March 2013, New York) Conventional wisdom holds that the availability of eBooks and their inherent utility – full text searchability, ease of access, etc. – are what drive use and acceptance. But are these the only factors behind the rate of…
Global publisher Macmillan has endorsed the strength of science and education in Australia and New Zealand with the creation of a new regional head. David Swinbanks has been appointed Managing Director, Macmillan Science and Education, Australia and New Zealand. His role will focus on meeting the needs of higher education customers and the scientific and…
Keep up to date with what’s happening in libraries in the region. If you have a conference to announce, please send its details to [email protected]. A searchable version of this list which includes conferences held in the past ten years is here. 2025 November 2025 iPRES 2025 (The 25th International Conference on Digital Preservation) New!…
(22 March 2013) The institutions, each of which holds the largest collection in its respective country, have been working together for several years to exchange materials, knowledge and best practices. This new international partnership will build on existing cooperative relations to focus on areas such as conservation and preservation, digitization of rare materials, staff exchanges…
EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes opened the RDA launch event with a speech heralding “a new era of open science”. Commissioner Kroes welcomes the global approach embodied by the RDA and highlighted the need for interoperability, discoverability and an open approach. 150 individuals representing stakeholders from the sciences, infrastructures, libraries, technology providers and so on were…
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