AHRC and British Library’s two-year research project to explore future of academic books - August 20, 2014
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the British Library are launching a two-year research project which will explore the future of the academic books in the context of open access publishing and continuing digital change. Dr Samantha Rayner, Director of… Read More
IFLA and LIBER sign new Memorandum of Understanding - August 20, 2014
The International Federation of Library Associations & Institutions (IFLA) and LIBER (Association of European Research Libraries) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding. LIBER and IFLA share objectives in promoting access to knowledge for education, learning, and research. Significant areas of interest… Read More
COAR joins global coalition calling on STM Association to withdraw new model licenses - August 19, 2014
Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR), along with numerous other organisations, is a signatory to a letter calling on the STM Association to withdraw their model licences for open access. According to COAR, these licenses just serve to further confuse users about what they can do… Read More
EMA draft policy update on access to EudraVigilance database seeks right to censor scientific work that uses the data - August 8, 2014
The European Medicines Agency (EMA), earlier this week, released a draft policy update on access to the data from the EudraVigilance database, which seems to imply they want the right to censor scientific work that uses the data. Managed by the EMA, EudraVigilance is the… Read More
CrossRef and California Digital Library in deal to extend discoverability of scholarly publications - August 7, 2014
CrossRef and the California Digital Library (CDL) have signed an agreement that opens a route for library publishers to participate in the scholarly communications hub created by CrossRef. Through the agreement, publishers using CDL's EZID digital identifier service may now choose to… Read More
Six months post launch, 80 percent of UK library services sign up to Access to Research - August 7, 2014
Ten million academic articles, including content from IOP Publishing, are now included in the Access to Research initiative. Since launching earlier this year, the Access to Research initiative has grown quickly to include the majority of local authorities across England, Scotland and Wales. This means… Read More
