ACRL releases second part of draft Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education - April 7, 2014
ACRL’s Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education Task Force has released the second part of their initial draft of the association’s Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. The Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education, adopted by ACRL in 2000, has become an… Read More
DCMS re-appoints Baroness Blackstone as Chairman of British Library - April 7, 2014
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Rt. Hon Maria Miller MP, has re-appointed Baroness Blackstone as Chairman of the British Library for a further four year term. Tessa Blackstone has served as British Library Chairman since September 2010. Key achievements during her… Read More
Forest Research and Management Institute ICAS preserves with CLOCKSS Archive - April 7, 2014
The CLOCKSS Archive has partnered with the Forest Research and Management Institute ICAS to preserve Annals of Forest Research in its geographically and geopolitically distributed network of redundant archive nodes, located at 12 major research libraries around the world. This action provides… Read More
Aurora Health Care launches its own medical research journal – Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews - April 7, 2014
Aurora Health Care, a non-profit healthcare network, has launched its own medical journal - Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews. The organisation now joins Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Marshfield Clinic and other health systems that also publish journals. The new journal… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - April 7, 2014
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Sabina Alam (OA: it’s not just about the access); Robert Harington (Learning to Read: Navigating the Ebook Reader Market); Julia Molinari (Academic ghostwriting: to what extent is it haunting higher education?); Kent Anderson (Does Creative Commons Make Sense?); and Seth… Read More
Authors Guild appeals to US court to reinstate case against Google and its book digitisation project - April 7, 2014
The Authors Guild asked a federal appeals court on April 11th to reinstate its lawsuit contending that the Internet giant is violating copyright laws with its massive book digitisation project. According to the Guild, Google Inc. is stealing business from online book retailers. The Guild filed papers with the 2nd… Read More
