American Library Association to discuss new directions for digital content at Annual Conference - May 27, 2014
The American Library Association (ALA) Digital Content Working Group will host a session named 'ALA and Moving Ahead with Digital Content,' during the 2014 American Library Association Annual Conference in Las Vegas. This session broadly discusses the recent ebook activities and future plans for digital content.… Read More
Cyprus Academic Library Consortium selects Proquest to provide information to members on wide variety of subjects - May 23, 2014
ProQuest solutions has recently been chosen by the Cyprus Academic Library Consortium (CALC) to provide valuable information on a wide variety of subjects to its members, which include the three public and four private universities in Cyprus. Looking to deliver essential… Read More
CERN openlab publishes whitepaper on future IT challenges in scientific research - May 23, 2014
CERN openlab, the public-private partnership between CERN, leading IT companies and research institutes, has released a whitepaper on future IT challenges in scientific research to shape its upcoming three-year phase starting in 2015. 96 percent of the universe is still unknown and the challenges ahead… Read More
NINR appoints three new members to the National Advisory Council for Nursing Research - May 23, 2014
The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) has announced the appointment of three new members to the National Advisory Council for Nursing Research (NACNR), the institute's principal advisory board. Members of the council are drawn from the scientific and lay communities, embodying a diverse perspective from… Read More
SPARC releases statement on FIRST Act - May 23, 2014
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Research Coalition's (SPARC) Executive Director Heather Joseph has released a statement on Science, Space, and Technology markup of H.R. 4186, the Frontiers in Innovation, Research, Science and Technology (FIRST) Act. Representative Lofgren (D-CA) offered an amendment to Section 303 on… Read More
The American Geophysical Union names John Orcutt editor of Earth Space and Science Journal - May 23, 2014
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) has announced that John Orcutt, a distinguished professor of Geophysics at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and former president of AGU, will serve as the inaugural editor of its newest open access, peer-reviewed journal, Earth and Space Science. The journal will… Read More
