ARL’s series of webcasts present findings from latest SPEC surveys - July 9, 2015
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is offering a series of webcasts that present the findings from the latest SPEC surveys and allow webcast participants to discuss trends with the survey authors. A 45-minute webcast will follow the publication of each SPEC Kit in 2015. … Read More
LA Referencia adopts OpenAIRE guidelines - July 8, 2015
COAR member LA Referencia, the Latin America Open Access Repositories network, has adopted major elements of OpenAIRE Guidelines to improve global interoperability. LA Referencia is an initiative of public science and technology organisations of nine countries that offers a regional Open Access repository harvesting service. … Read More
CERN organises Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication (OAI9) for the ninth time - July 7, 2015
For the ninth time CERN organised the Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication (OAI9) held in Geneva, from June 17-19. With more than 200 participants from around the world (mostly from Europe and North America), OAI9 had a very rich, diverse and interesting programme, starting… Read More
NFAIS launches Lunch & Learn Virtual Education Series - June 29, 2015
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS™), a global, nonprofit membership organisation serving the information community, has announced the launch of a virtual program called the NFAIS Lunch & Learn Education Series. As part of this program, NFAIS invites information experts and professionals to submit… Read More
ARL joins 252 groups, 10 business leaders in a call to action for American ‘Innovation Imperative’ - June 24, 2015
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has joined scores of other organizations as well as leaders of American business, industry, higher education, science, and engineering in an urgent call to action for stronger federal policies and investment to drive domestic research and development. The move follows… Read More
National consortium for ORCID set to improve UK research visibility and collaboration - June 24, 2015
ORCID, a researcher identifier solution which enables a wide range of improvements to the scholarly communications ecosystem, will now be offered to UK higher education institutions through a national consortium arrangement operated by Jisc. The agreement, negotiated by Jisc Collections, will enable universities to benefit… Read More