ARL releases Digital Collections Assessment Outreach SPEC Kit 341 - September 3, 2014
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released Digital Collections Assessment and Outreach, SPEC Kit 341, which investigates the methods ARL member libraries use to maintain the relevancy of their locally curated digital library collections, and to continue to sustain, grow, capture return on investment, and… Read More
International Convention of University Presses, a new netwoking initiative at the Frankfurt Book Fair - September 2, 2014
The Frankfurt Book Fair, scheduled for October 8-12, 2014, has announced a cooperation with Latin American University Presses. Born as an initiative of Latin American networks including university presses and the Frankfurt Book Fair, the International Convention is a worldwide opportunity to present and create interaction… Read More
ORCID partners with Health Research Alliance to host free webinar on how funders are using ORCID identifiers in their workflows and systems - September 2, 2014
ORCID, a non-profit organisation that provides an open registry of unique identifiers for researchers, is partnering with the Health Research Alliance, a consortium of biomedical research foundations, to host a free webinar on how funders are using ORCID identifiers in their workflows and systems. The webinar… Read More
Thomson Reuters and DataCite collaborate to expand discovery of research data - August 29, 2014
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced a collaboration with DataCite, a global non-profit organization dedicated to enabling people to find, share, use, and cite data. The collaboration will promote the discovery of research data sets through the Data Citation Index, a… Read More
Portico to host webinar on e-book preservation - August 29, 2014
Digital preservation specialist Portico is organising a 45-minute webinar on e-book preservation. The webinar is scheduled for September 10, 2:00 p.m. Eastern. Amy Kirchhoff, Portico archive product manager and co-author of ‘Preserving E-books,’ a new Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) TechWatch report, will answer the question… Read More
Thomson Reuters and Hessen University Consortium collaborate to drive the success of German scientific research programs - August 28, 2014
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced a collaboration with a consortium of seven Hessen universities and universities of applied science (HeFIS) to streamline its institutions' scholarly information management and workflow. The initiative utilizes Thomson Reuters Converis, a comprehensive research management system… Read More
