Serials Solutions and SA ePublications to index The African Electronic Journals in Summon service - May 20, 2013
Serials Solutions is working with SA ePublications, a service of Sabinet Online, to index The African Electronic Journals in the Summon service. Aggregating the works of multiple publishers, this collection of nearly 400 journals represents the most comprehensive, searchable collection of South- and Southern-African journals in… Read More
San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment calls for sweeping changes in scientific assessment - May 20, 2013
Scientists, journal editors and publishers, scholarly societies, and research funders across many scientific disciplines have posted an international declaration calling on the world scientific community to eliminate the role of the journal impact factor (JIF) in evaluating research for funding, hiring, promotion, or institutional effectiveness. The San Francisco Declaration on… Read More
Ex Libris Germany GmbH becomes member of ‘Goobi. Digitalisieren im Verein e.V.’ - May 20, 2013
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that Ex Libris Germany GmbH has become a member of 'Goobi. Digitalisieren im Verein e.V.' With the support of the Goobi initiative, Ex Libris aims to further expand its range of solutions for the management and long-term… Read More
Library Copyright Alliance submits comments on Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership - May 20, 2013
The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) recently submitted comments on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), a trade agreement currently being negotiated between the US and the European Union (EU). While negotiations are still in their preliminary stages, LCA urges the inclusion of provisions to harmonize… Read More
AAP commends California Governor’s funding proposal for Common Core implementation - May 20, 2013
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has commended California Governor Jerry Brown's proposal for $1 billion in state funding to implement Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The move is seen to be a critical step forward in strengthening California's support of its students. The proposal,… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - May 20, 2013
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Rick Anderson (Signal Distortion — Why the Scholarly Communication Economy Is So Weird); Francois Joseph de Kermadec (Bringing Democracy back to digital); Heather Morrison (Two tough questions for Access Copyright); Peter Coles (The apparatus of research assessment is driven by… Read More
