Ex Libris joins Open Preservation Foundation - June 2, 2017
The Open Preservation Foundation has announced Ex Libris as its newest charter member. Ex Libris' Rosetta is an end-to-end digital asset management and preservation solution for libraries, archives, museums and other institutions, enabling institutions to safely and securely collect, manage, publish, deliver,… Read More
OCLC in deal with leading publishers worldwide - June 2, 2017
Global library cooperative OCLC has signed agreements with distinguished publishers from around the world to add metadata for high quality books, e-books, journals, databases and other materials that will make their content discoverable through WorldCat Discovery. OCLC has agreements in place with 315 publishers and… Read More
Springer Nature and the ISSN International Centre initiate centralisation of ISSN assignment - June 1, 2017
Springer Nature and the ISSN International Centre have been initiating a centralised process for the assignment of International Standard Serial Numbers (ISSN) to serial publications of Springer Nature. The new process for requesting ISSN standardises and automates the way unique identifiers are… Read More
New SPARC Europe report provides analysis of Open Data and Open Science policies in Europe - June 1, 2017
Providing an analysis of Open Data and Open Science policies across Europe, SPARC Europe has released a new report. Produced in collaboration with the Digital Curation Center (DCC), it follows on the heels of a previous work that listed national research data policies. This latest… Read More
Internet Archive collaborates with MIT Press and Arcadia to digitise and provide access to MIT Press backlist titles - June 1, 2017
The MIT Press and the Internet Archive have announced a partnership, with support from Arcadia, to scan, preserve, and enable libraries to lend hundreds of MIT Press books that are currently not available digitally. This partnership represents an important advance in bringing… Read More
Portico announces 1,000th library supporting digital preservation - June 1, 2017
Digital preservation service Portico has announced that the University Library of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, as its 1,000th participating library. Since its inception in 2006, libraries have relied on Portico to preserve academic e-journals, e-books, and other digital scholarship, and ensure that it remains available for future generations.… Read More
