AAP to hold Professional & Scholarly Publishing Division’s annual meet in Feb 2010 - January 25, 2010
The Professional & Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division of the Association of American Publishers (AAP), US, has announced that the 2010 PSP Division Annual Conference, ‘The New Reality: Disruption, Innovation, Relevance’ will begin with a plenary session on ‘Policy and Market Challenges –… Read More
Curtis project on future of academic libraries gets funding from UK bodies - January 25, 2010
The British Library, the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), Research Information Network (RIN), Research Libraries UK (RLUK) and the Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL) are funding a project called ‘Academic libraries of the future’. The 18-month project is being undertaken by Curtis+Cartwright Consulting… Read More
NLM’ new Mobile MedlinePlus to meet health information needs of users on the go - January 25, 2010
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), part of the National Institutes of Health, an agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services, has launched Mobile Medline Plus to meet health Information needs of users on the go. Mobile Medline Plus builds on the NLM's… Read More
British Library Preservation Advisory Centre and DPC sign MoU to build digital preservation skills - January 25, 2010
The British Library Preservation Advisory Centre and the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) have signed a new memorandum of understanding. Both organisations seek to promote a culture of shared responsibility for and understanding of digital content amongst those caring for library and archive… Read More
Social science and humanities publishers post revenue growth despite odds: report - January 25, 2010
Media industry forecast and analysis firm Simba Information has released a report that says the market for social science and humanities publishing has managed to grow over the past year. This is in spite of challenges from disruptive technologies, an uncertain future for its traditional publishing… Read More
Cornell University Library seeks financial support for online scientific repository - January 25, 2010
Cornell University Library, one of the leading academic research libraries in the US, is broadening the funding base for its online scientific repository, arXiv. Nearly 600,000 e-prints - research articles published online in physics, mathematics, statistics, computer science and related disciplines - now reside in arXiv,… Read More
