CrossRef announces support for STM – DataCite statement - August 13, 2012
The International Association of STM Publishers (STM) and DataCite issued a joint statement on the Linkability and Citability of Research Data in June 2012. CrossRef, a US-based not-for-profit membership association of publishers, has now announced its support for this statement and the… Read More
Serials Solutions and National Research Council of Canada in deal to index NRC Publications Archive in the Summon service - August 13, 2012
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has announced an agreement with the National Research Council of Canada to index the NRC Publications Archive in the Summon service to expand access to valuable scientific research information. The web-based archive is an online repository containing more than 50,000 publication… Read More
Cengage Learning appoints Michael Hansen as new CEO - August 13, 2012
Cengage Learning, a US-based provider of innovative teaching, learning and research solutions, has announced the appointment of Michael Hansen to the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Hansen will succeed Ron Dunn, who has served as CEO since July 2007. Effective upon the commencement of… Read More
IFLA Code of Ethics for Librarians and Other Information Workers approved - August 13, 2012
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Code of Ethics for Librarians and Other Information Workers has been approved and endorsed this month. During 2011 and 2012 a working group from the Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE)… Read More
Duke University Press to preserve e-journals in CLOCKSS Archive - August 13, 2012
The CLOCKSS Archive has announced a partnership with the Duke University Press to preserve their e-journals in CLOCKSS's geographically and geopolitically distributed network of redundant archive nodes, located at 12 major research libraries around the world. By archiving with CLOCKSS, Duke University Press has committed… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - August 13, 2012
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Phil Davis (The Secret Life of Retracted Articles); Joe Wikert (Why Are Apps Only on Tablets?); Martin Eve (Blog inequality in scholarly research will not end until digital preservation techniques improve); Kent Anderson (Disruption — Are We Seeing a New… Read More
