Stichting Bibliotheek.nl selects Serials Solutions to provide new interface for library catalogue - December 21, 2012
Stichting Bibliotheek.nl (BNL), the national foundation for public libraries in the Netherlands, has selected ProQuest business Serials Solutions to adapt AquaBrowser as an additional custom end-user interface to BNL's new national catalogue (NBC) for print, digital and electronic collections. Based on a single unified index,… Read More
World Allergy Organization’s official journal moves to BioMed Central’s OA publishing platform - December 21, 2012
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that the World Allergy Organization Journal (WAO Journal), the official journal of the World Allergy Organization (WAO), is moving to BioMed Central's open access publishing platform. The journal will join the publisher's growing open access allergy portfolio. … Read More
New organisation Rubriq offers standardised peer review scorecard process - December 21, 2012
Rubriq, a new for-benefit organisation, has been formed to address the challenges of the peer review system for scientific publishing, and to recover lost hours from redundant reviews so they can be put back into research. In the current journal submission process, rejection is common, yet… Read More
EU BON project to build European gateway for integrated biodiversity information - December 21, 2012
EU BON – 'Building the European Biodiversity Observation Network' – a EU-funded research project, has been started by 30 research institutions from 15 European countries, Brazil, Israel and the Philippines, and more than 30 associated partners on December 1. The €9 million project aims to… Read More
American Library Association accepting submissions for John Cotton Dana Award - December 21, 2012
The American Library Association (ALA) is now accepting submissions for the John Cotton Dana Award (JCD). The award, which is managed by the Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) division of ALA, honours outstanding library public relations. Eight $10,000 grants are awarded each year by the… Read More
Association of Research Libraries releases second report in the New Roles for New Times series - December 21, 2012
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released Research Library Services for Graduate Students (PDF), the second report in the New Roles for New Times series. This series highlights the transformation of the library workforce to address new challenges for research libraries in serving 21st-century students,… Read More
