A summary of some of the news you may have missed including: free content to combat fake news; JSTOR Sustainability; CLIR and Jisc set up transatlantic partnership; SAGE and University of Bath launch Public Data Lab; New Oxford Shakespeare Authorship Companion available online.
Posted 10 April 2017
IFLA has begun collecting data for its 2017 Library Map of the World survey.
Posted 06 April 2017
OCLC research explores the infrastructure, services and other resources needed to support RDM.
Posted 05 April 2017
EBSCO offers grants to academic libraries; OUP announce pilot of legal current awareness feed; new modules added to Bloomsbury Law Online; new Latin additions to Oxford Scholarly Editions Online; Reprints Desk partners with The Copyright Licensing Agency.
Posted 14 March 2017
EBSCO offers grants to academic libraries; OUP announce pilot of legal current awareness feed; new modules added to Bloomsbury Law Online; new Latin additions to Oxford Scholarly Editions Online; Reprints Desk partners with The Copyright Licensing Agency.
Posted 12 March 2017
The Academic Publishing Europe conference considered the ethics of publishing, covering everything from Peer Review to Piracy. Marydee Ojala reports.
Posted 09 March 2017
Google to shut down Spaces and gives first glimpse of video conferencing app; Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries joins Portico; FSG launch infectious diseases knowledge hub; SAGE adds new video collections; Jisc appoints new trustees.
Posted 03 March 2017
A reading buddy scheme can save money - and have a positive impact for mentors and mentees.
Posted 28 February 2017
Speaker submissions sought for the Library Innovation Conference, with the theme of 'Super-Powered Libraries: innovation, influence, impact'.
Posted 24 February 2017
New service aims to connect researchers with relevant content.
Posted 24 February 2017
Library and information science theory and practice should go together, each informing the other for mutual benefit and development.
Posted 23 February 2017
Microsoft calls for Digital Geneva Convention; AAAS and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation partner to advance open access publishing; Springer Healthcare launches new medical education website.
Posted 17 February 2017
Research institutions had been without access since contract negotiations broke down.
Posted 17 February 2017
In a white paper OpenAthens explores the challenge of ensuring flexible access to digital resources while keeping illegitimate users out.
Posted 13 February 2017
A round-up of interesting initiatives and announcements you may have missed including the launch of a programme for displaced researchers and a new study on the usage of e-books.
Posted 13 February 2017
Wiley aims to support authors throughout life of their research papers.
Posted 08 February 2017
Project seeks to introduce a benchmark for accessibility in e-book platforms.
Posted 07 February 2017
National bibliographic knowledgebase to support research community in the UK.
Posted 06 February 2017
Elsevier acquires Plum Analytics from EBSCO Information Services.
Posted 03 February 2017
The UK's higher education sector must embrace and maximise digital technologies if it wants to stay ahead of international competition.
Posted 02 February 2017
Amy Icke reports from the International Association of School Librarians (IASL) conference held in Japan.
Posted 26 January 2017
OA content from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, and Peru are now discoverable via OpenAIRE.
Posted 20 January 2017
CONUL call for papers.
Posted 18 January 2017
Five European research organisations call on legislators to modify current EU copyright reform proposals to future proof European research excellence.
Posted 13 January 2017
A new survey aims to discover more about the perceived importance of information literacy.
Posted 13 January 2017