SPARC Open Access Meeting 2014 deadlines for proposals, early-bird registration extended - January 16, 2014
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has extended the deadline for proposals for the SPARC Open Access Meeting 2014 Innovation Fair, as well as the deadline to register for the meeting at early-bird rates. Both deadlines have been changed to January 17. The meeting… Read More
Portico and Knowledge Unlatched announce preservation agreement - January 13, 2014
Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced an agreement with Knowledge Unlatched to preserve the latter’s Pilot Collection of Open Access e-books in the Portico Archive. The Knowledge Unlatched Pilot Collection includes 28 new books from 13 recognised scholarly publishers: Amsterdam University Press, Bloomsbury Academic, Brill,… Read More
Allen Press to hold annual event on emerging trends in scholarly publishing in April - January 10, 2014
Publishing services provider Allen Press, Inc., US, will present its annual Emerging Trends in Scholarly Publishing Seminar on April 24, 2014, at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill. The 2014 seminar is titled A Matter of Perspective. Leaders in the field of scholarly and… Read More
2014 IFLA Public Libraries Satellite Conference to focus on Public Library Futures in a global digital world - January 10, 2014
Public Library Futures in a global digital world is the theme for the 2014 IFLA Public Libraries Satellite Conference. Organised by the Public Libraries Section of ILFA, in collaboration with CILIP and the Society of Chief Librarians in England, this satellite conference will be hosted… Read More
ProQuest unveils new service to preserve and enhance discovery of University multimedia collections - January 9, 2014
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has announced that libraries and universities with proprietary audio and video collections can now preserve and provide access to these information resources through a new service. ProQuest Video Preservation and Discovery Service (VPDS) is a continuum of services designed… Read More
Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design selects Serials Solutions’ Summon discovery service - January 8, 2014
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has announced that the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design (RMCAD) has selected the Summon discovery service. The Summon service's single, unified index was a key factor in the library staff's decision, allowing their wide range of electronic resources to… Read More
