Springer Nature and The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network jointly release whitepaper on how to narrow the policy, research, and community divide - May 3, 2021
Springer Nature and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) have announced the release of a new white paper, Harnessing Science for a Sustainable Future: Narrowing the Policy, Research, and Community Divide. The joint white paper presents key takeaways and recommendations from a… Read More
Language Science Press, together with Knowledge Unlatched, renews its open access initiative for three more years - May 3, 2021
Knowledge Unlatched (KU), the central platform for Open Access (OA) financing models, has announced that the Language Science Press (LSP) initiative has reached its crowd funding goal and will be renewed for three more years. LSP first launched in 2017 as a three-year pilot and was met… Read More
The ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition (Virtual) Program Scheduler is now open - May 3, 2021
The American Library Association has announced that the 2021 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition (Virtual), June 23-29, Program Scheduler is now open. With more than 200 educational sessions, 250+ exhibitors, 25+ featured speakers, and more than 140 authors, there's incredible value in professional development… Read More
Ellen Finnie appointed as CDL’s new Director of Shared Collections - May 3, 2021
The California Digital Library (CDL) has announced that Ellen Finnie has been appointed as CDL’s new Director of Shared Collections, with responsibility for a significant strategic portfolio encompassing system wide licensing, open access publisher agreements, and shared print initiatives. Ellen will begin transitioning to her new role… Read More
Italian Universities implement Ex Libris RapidILL interlibrary loan services to improve document delivery - May 3, 2021
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, has announced that four prominent Italian universities—the Libera Università di Bolzano (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano), Università degli Studi di Bergamo (University of Bergamo), Università degli Studi di Genova (University of Genoa), and Università degli Studi dell’Insubria (University of Insubria)—recently adopted the Ex… Read More
