Library and repository communities come together to identify new competencies for academic librarians - August 14, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR), and the Association of European Research Libraries (LIBER) have announced the launch of a Joint Task Force on Librarians' Competencies in Support of E-Research and Scholarly… Read More
Publishers in e-book antitrust case object to DOJ’s proposed punishment for Apple - August 9, 2013
The five publishers who settled with the federal government in the ebook pricing case have objected to the government's proposed injunction for Apple in a joint court filing Wednesday. They argue that the injunction modifies the settlements that they already reached with… Read More
CONTEC Brazil 2013 to focus on ‘Different Ways of Teaching’ - August 8, 2013
The Frankfurt Academy has announced that CONTEC Brazil will return with a focus on the theme 'Different Ways of Teaching' on August 30. The conference, which was launched last year by the Frankfurt Academy – the international conference brand of the Frankfurt Book Fair – will… Read More
Jisc and BiblioLabs partnership brings new approach to sharing mobile content - August 5, 2013
Jisc Collections and BiblioLabs have announced a partnership as a result of which lecturers, learners and researchers across the UK will now gain access to over 14,000 additional full text e-books and thousands of pages of primary source material on their tablets and mobile devices. … Read More
touchENDOCRINOLOGY and International Diabetes Federation renew partnership - August 5, 2013
touchENDOCRINOLOGY, a division of Touch Medical Media, has renewed its partnership with the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), providing members with free access to industry leading review journals US Endocrinology and European Endocrinology. The IDF is an umbrella organisation of over 200 national diabetes associations in… Read More
Department of Justice proposes remedy to address Apple’s price fixing - August 5, 2013
The Department of Justice and 33 State Attorneys General have submitted to the court a proposed remedy to address Apple Inc.'s illegal conduct, following the July 10, 2013, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York decision finding that Apple conspired to fix the… Read More
