WorldCat Metadata API powers new enhancements in latest MarcEdit release - November 25, 2013
MarcEdit, the popular free library metadata software suite, includes new functionality that will give OCLC member libraries the ability to contribute and enhance their bibliographic and holdings data within WorldCat while using MarcEdit. The new functionality will provide catalogers with a new way to interact with… Read More
UA Libraries join HathiTrust - November 25, 2013
The University of Alabama has become one of the latest partners of Hathitrust, a partnership of major academic and research libraries collaborating in a digital library initiative to preserve and provide access to the published record in digital form. Launched in… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - November 25, 2013
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (The Natural Limits of Gold Open Access); Stevan Harnad ("Our Mind's Made Up: Don't Confuse Us With Facts"); Claire Armitstead (Ebooks need more attention from their publishers); Kent Anderson (Seeing Beyond Transparency - Do Disclosure Rules Blunt the… Read More
ORCID announces changes in member agreements and new authentication-only API - November 22, 2013
ORCID, a non-profit organisation that provides an open registry of unique identifiers for researchers, has reviewed its member agreements to incorporate feedback received from the community, as part of the organisation's first anniversary. A number of changes have been announced. ORCID hopes that these changes will… Read More
Serials Solutions Intota Assessment now available - November 22, 2013
Intota™ Assessment, a library collection analytics service from Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, is now available. It claims to be the most comprehensive assessment solution that gives libraries a holistic view of both monographs and serials in both electronic and print format, enabling data-driven decisions regarding… Read More
Diane Grob Schmidt elected ACS president-elect for 2014 - November 22, 2013
The members of the American Chemical Society have elected Diane Grob Schmidt, a section head at Procter & Gamble, as ACS president-elect for 2014. During her three-year succession, Schmidt will serve as president of the society in 2015 and immediate past-president in 2016; she will also… Read More
