The OCLC Global Council member delegates elect Loretta Parham and Jennifer Younger to serve on the OCLC Board of Trustees - April 23, 2012
The OCLC Global Council member delegates have elected two librarians to serve on the OCLC Board of Trustees. The two librarians are: Loretta Parham, CEO and Director of the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library, and Jennifer Younger, Executive Director, Catholic Research Resources Alliance. Each… Read More
Collections Trust secures Euro 8 million investment to bring Collections online - April 23, 2012
The Collections Trust has secured major European Commission investment in projects worth a total of €8 million to help museums, archives and libraries share their collections online safely and sustainably. According to Collections Trust CEO Nick Poole, this new investment represents a milestone in the Collections… Read More
ACRL establishes four new discussion groups - April 23, 2012
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has announced the establishment of four new discussion groups, which were approved by the ACRL Board of Directors during the 2011-2012 fiscal year. The new discussion groups are: The Digital Humanities Discussion Group; The International Perspectives on Academic… Read More
Blackboard Partners with Plantijn Hogeschool to host Teaching and Learning conference - April 23, 2012
Enterprise technology and innovative solutions provider Blackboard Inc, US, has announced details of the Teaching and Learning Conference 2012, one of the largest annual gatherings of leaders from IT and education in the region. The event is expected to draw attendees from 89 institutions and 17… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - April 23, 2012
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (Thinking Through a Strategy for Digital Rights Management); Steve Johnson (More ‘hybrid’ academic and policy researchers are needed to increase effective communication between the political and academic spheres); Joe Wikert (DoJ: Consumer Hero or Predator Enabler?); David Crotty… Read More
CABI re-index improves searching and retrieval for database products - April 20, 2012
Not-for-profit life sciences publisher CABI has announced that more than 9 million records on CAB Direct have been re-indexed to bring them into line with the controlled vocabulary of the updated 2011 CAB Thesaurus. This has standardised indexing and searching across all database records from 1910… Read More
