ARL Membership Meeting scheduled for October 9–10 - September 3, 2013
ARL President Wendy Lougee, university librarian at University of Minnesota, will convene the 163rd ARL Membership Meeting in Arlington, Virginia, on the afternoon of October 9. Several programmes that build on recent discussions about strategic thinking and the future framework for ARL are in development. The… Read More
The Optical Society implements industry-based tracking system for Government-funded research - August 21, 2013
The Optical Society (OSA) has implemented a new service that enables easy reporting of funding sources for scholarly research articles published in its portfolio of peer-reviewed journals. The newly launched FundRef service from CrossRef enables authors to specify the funding agency that their research was supported… Read More
National Geographic Society names Gary E. Knell as President and CEO - August 21, 2013
The board of trustees of the National Geographic Society has announced that Gary E. Knell has been selected to succeed John M. Fahey as president and chief executive officer. Fahey will continue to serve as chairman of the board. Knell's appointment will occur later this year,… Read More
NFAIS webinar to provide annual update on the Google landscape - August 20, 2013
The US' National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) will hold a 90 minute webinar from 11:00am – 12:30pm EDST for its annual update on the Google landscape on September 19, 2013. John Blossom, award-winning industry analyst and President, Shore Communications, Inc, will provide updates on… Read More
British Library and National Library of Singapore partner to digitise Malay manuscripts - August 20, 2013
The British Library has signed an agreement with the National Library Board (NLB) of Singapore to put an extensive range of materials of interest to Singapore online. The agreement was signed by British Library's Chief Executive, Roly Keating, and Elaine Ng, the Chief Executive Officer of… Read More
Research Libraries UK joins The European Library - August 19, 2013
The UK consortium of scholarly libraries, Research Libraries UK (RLUK), has recently joined The European Library, a membership organisation that provides services to researchers, with access to more than 200 million records and digital items from all of Europe's national libraries and a growing number of… Read More
