Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - May 14, 2018
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Francis Dodds (Conflicting academic attitudes to copyright are slowing the move to open access); David Schott (Metadata 2020 Update: Project Groups Underway); Ex Libris Blog (Improving Research Workflows); and Kent Anderson (Recurring Dream — Organizations with Subscriptions Are More Valuable).… Read More
Springer Nature publishes 500th OA book – Teaching Tolerance in a Globalized World - May 11, 2018
Springer Nature has published its 500th open access (OA) book, marking a major milestone in its book portfolio since the launch of its dedicated OA book publication programme in 2012. The 500th OA title to be published is Teaching Tolerance in a Globalized World (IEA Research… Read More
Call to publishers: Jisc digital archival collections group purchasing scheme PIN notice - May 11, 2018
Jisc is working in collaboration with publishers to make digital archival collections of primary source materials more affordable so researchers, teachers and learners can have access to a wider range of resources and libraries can achieve further efficiencies. They are currently running phase two of the… Read More
EKT and Public Knowledge Project announce strategic partnership - May 11, 2018
PKP has announced the establishment of a new strategic partnership with the National Documentation Centre (EKT) of Greece. EKT has been a major adopter and advocate for PKP's Open Journal Systems (OJS) and Open Monograph Press (OMP) both in Greece and throughout Europe. EKT has… Read More
EIFL extends agreement with Credo Reference - May 11, 2018
EIFL has signed a three-year renewal agreement with Credo Reference, an online reference database with authoritative content from over 700 e-book titles, covering major topics in the arts, humanities and sciences. The agreement, which runs until 2021, is available to library… Read More
OpenAthens selects Google as its public cloud partner - May 11, 2018
Identity and federated access management provider OpenAthens has chosen Google Cloud Platform as its public cloud partner. The move to a public cloud, engineered by IT director, Neil Scully, and application architect David Orrell, signifies a new phase in the evolution of OpenAthens in its… Read More
