Research4Life and GOALI to develop common online training modules for its programmes - March 8, 2019
Research4Life launched GOALI (Global Online Access to Legal Information) in March 2018 to provide developing countries with access to academic legal content and training. For the first anniversary, the team launched a feedback survey in order to better understand what their users need. More than… Read More
Reflections from OCLC EMEA Regional Conference - March 8, 2019
The 2019 OCLC Conference for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa was held in the Palais Du Pharo in Marseille. The theme of this year’s conference was ‘Change the Game’. The conference interrogated the role of the modern library as an agent of change and explored the transformation of… Read More
ARL organises Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2019, highlights balance in the copyright system - March 8, 2019
The sixth annual Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week took place February 25 - March 1, 2019, with 163 participating organisations as well as numerous individuals worldwide. The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) organised the event and participants included universities, libraries, library associations, and many other organisations, such… Read More
Contech 2019 announces call for speakers - March 7, 2019
ConTech 2019 is aimed at information providers and content owners who increasingly have to address the challenges of competing in a data world, driven by machine learning, artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. ConTech 2019 will help organisations assess their organisational and product data maturity. They… Read More
Barnes & Noble Education and Macmillan Learning expand partnership to provide immediate access to course materials - March 7, 2019
Barnes & Noble Education, Inc., a provider of educational products and services solutions for higher education and K-12 institutions, and Macmillan Learning, a premier educational solutions and insights provider, have expanded their partnership to ensure more students have immediate and affordable access… Read More
SPIE Digital Library reaches milestone of half-a-million publications - March 7, 2019
The SPIE Digital Library, the online publishing platform of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has reached the milestone of 500,000 publications. The Society, long known for its ‘yellow books,’ made the move to the digital platform in July of 2003 when the… Read More
