Lorraine Estelle appointed new COUNTER Project Director - April 28, 2015
Counting Online Usage of NeTworked Electronic Resources (COUNTER) has appointed Lorraine Estelle as project director, effective summer 2015. Estelle will succeed Peter Shepherd, who will retire this summer, after 13 years as COUNTER director. Lorraine brings a wealth of valuable, highly relevant experience to the… Read More
Symplectic announces new partnership with *Research - April 23, 2015
Symplectic has announced its partnership with research funding experts, *Research. This will bring together the world leaders in Research Information Management with the world leaders in Research Funding Opportunities. The Research Professional platform will soon be able to connect to participating institutions'… Read More
US Department of Energy and CHORUS sign Participation Agreement to advance public access - April 21, 2015
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has signed a Participation Agreement with CHORUS to contribute to the implementation of DOE PAGESBeta, the DOE's Public Access Gateway for Energy & Science. The agreement, which is effective immediately, solidifies the collaboration that was announced… Read More
ARL sponsors free workshop, ‘Libraries that Learn Exchange of Experience: Using LibQUAL+ and Other Data’ - April 20, 2015
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is sponsoring a free workshop, 'Libraries that Learn Exchange of Experience: Using LibQUAL+ and Other Data,' on July 20, 2015, in conjunction with the 11th Northumbria International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries and Information Services, to be held in… Read More
Alice Meadows and Douglas Wright join ORCID as new Directors - April 17, 2015
The Open Research and Contributor ID (ORCID) has announced that Alice Meadows is joining ORCID as Communications Director and Douglas Wright as Membership Director, both starting in May. Alice and Doug will be supported through a grant to ORCID from the Helmsley Charitable Trust. Alice… Read More
The Frankfurt Book Fair and Publishing Perspectives co-organise The Markets: Global Publishing Summit - April 15, 2015
The Frankfurt Book Fair and Publishing Perspectives will launch a new event – The Markets: Global Publishing Summit – to better help publishers around the world understand and create partnerships in seven important current and future markets this fall. Now that… Read More
