Free access to information in jeopardy, says State of America’s Library Report - April 9, 2012
Publishers limiting library e-book lending, budget cuts and book challenges are just a few library trends of the past year that are placing free access to information in jeopardy. These trends as well as other are detailed in the 2012 State of America's Libraries Report recently released by the
UNESCO releases Policy Guidelines for the Development and Promotion of Open Access - April 9, 2012
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has released a new publication entitled Policy Guidelines for the Development and Promotion of Open Access to demystify the concept of Open Access and provide concrete steps on putting relevant policies in place. Besides strengthening capacities… Read More
EMpact Sales chosen as Sales Agent for Integrum World Wide - April 9, 2012
EMpact Sales (EMpact), the publisher representation group of EBSCO, has been chosen as sales agent for Integrum World Wide. Under the agreement, EMpact will represent the company in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Slovenia, Macedonia, Croatia, and Bosnia and… Read More
ACS invites students, faculty, public to ‘ACS on Campus’ event at Cornell University - April 9, 2012
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has invited students, faculty and interested members of the public to ACS on Campus at Cornell University on April 20, 2012 in Clark Hall. The event will debut new ACS on Campus content. Seminars will explore… Read More
University of Delaware Library joins HathiTrust partnership - April 9, 2012
The University of Delaware Library has announced that it has become one of the latest members of HathiTrust, a partnership of major academic and research libraries collaborating to preserve and provide access to the published record in digital form. The University of Delaware Library plans… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - April 9, 2012
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (Will We Be Ready When That Other Type of Disruption Comes?); Heather Morrison (The impact of funding agency open access policies); Katarina Lovrecic (Open Science on Quora: Why Are We Not There, Yet?); and Phil Davis (The (Post)… Read More
