CRL and EBSCO partner to expand access to key primary source collections - April 10, 2020
On behalf of students, faculty, and staff at CRL member libraries, CRL has partnered with EBSCO Information Services to negotiate expanded access to key primary source collections for the remainder of the academic year. After speaking with partners, EBSCO was able to… Read More
CRKN extends call for nominations for Conference Planning Committee - April 10, 2020
CRKN has extended the call for nominations for the Conference Planning Committee (CPC), which is reporting to the CRKN Board of Directors and providing updates to the Content Strategy Committee and Preservation and Access Committee. The deadline to submit a nomination for the CPC has been… Read More
Jisc supports the FE sector to extend free resources during Covid-19 crisis - April 9, 2020
Jisc, the UK’s education and technology not-for-profit, is uniting service providers to deliver free resources to the further education (FE) sector during the Covid-19 crisis. Teachers and learners can benefit from e-books, vocational learning resources, virtual reality resources, and ‘home use’ licences for personal devices. Jisc… Read More
Karger Publishers and ScienceOpen partner to highlight medical research - April 9, 2020
Karger Publishers, one of world’s leading health sciences publishers, will feature publications from dozens of their international, peer reviewed journals in 11 topical Collections on ScienceOpen, including ten Collections of handpicked articles on specialised fields of medicine, as well as a special… Read More
AUPresses 2020 Annual Meeting cancelled, plans for a virtual event in June - April 9, 2020
The Association of University Presses (AUPresses) Board of Directors has made the difficult decision to cancel the AUPresses 2020 Annual Meeting, scheduled to be held June 13-15 in Seattle, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The possible risks to the safety and health of the attendees, as… Read More
CERN sets up task force to contribute to global fight against COVID-19 - April 9, 2020
CERN has established a task force to identify and support contributions from the Organization’s 18,000-strong global community to combating the COVID-19 pandemic. Set up by the Director-General at the end of March, the CERN against COVID-19 task force has already received hundreds of messages suggesting ideas… Read More
