Dutch bodies reach agreement on digitisation of heritage orphan works - February 4, 2009
FOBID, the organisation that represents Dutch libraries, archives and museums, recently reached an agreement with VOI©E, which represents right holders, on the digitisation and accessibility of the latter's heritage collections. The agreement was reached within the Digiti©E Committee (Digitisation of Cultural Heritage) that was set up… Read More
Springer launches free analytical online tool, AuthorMapper.com - February 4, 2009
STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media, Germany, has launched AuthorMapper.com, a free analytical online tool for discerning trends, patterns and subject experts within scientific research. The portal currently searches over three million journal articles to deliver a variety of useful information. The current… Read More
Reed Business Information opts for EPiServer CMS for web content management - February 4, 2009
Web content management (WCM) platforms provider EPiServer, Sweden, has announced that B2B publisher Reed Business Information (RBI), UK, has selected its content management system (CMS). RBI will use EPiServer CMS to help redevelop and manage content for existing websites and deploy new… Read More
Metrologia announces special issue on ‘Timescale Algorithms’ - February 4, 2009
Journal Metrologia, published by non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics Publishing (IOP) on behalf of the BIPM, has announced a special issue on Timescale Algorithms. The issue is freely available until April 8, 2009. Led by Guest Editors Demetrios Matsakis and Patrizia Tavella, the issue… Read More
OCLC to be main sponsor of JISC Conference 2009 - February 4, 2009
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has announced that global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC) will be the main sponsor of its 6th annual conference. The conference, scheduled for March 23-24, 2009, will be held in Edinburgh. The… Read More
ebrary selected to conduct E-book Think Tank at ER&L - February 4, 2009
E-book technology firm ebrary, US, has announced that it has been chosen to conduct the 2009 E-book Think Tank at the ER&L09 Conference, held February 9-12, 2009, in Los Angeles, CA. In addition to covering successful innovations regarding e-books and electronic content, panelists will discuss how… Read More
