LCA submits reply comments to US Copyright Office’s orphan works NOI - March 6, 2013
The US' Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) has filed reply comments with the US Copyright Office in response to the latter's October 22, 2012 Notice of Inquiry (NOI). The NOI was about the current state of play with orphan works and mass digitisation. LCA reviewed the… Read More
Reed Exhibitions announces new scheduling for the London Book Fair’s annual Digital Minds Conference in 2014 - February 26, 2013
Reed Exhibitions has announced that the London Book Fair 2014 will take place at Earls Court from April 8 –10 in 2014. The annual Digital Minds Conference - which will be in its sixth year - will take place on a week day, Monday, April 7,… Read More
Registrations now open for ARL workshop on library value - February 26, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced that registration is now open for a workshop on library value, to be hosted by ARL on July 1, 2013, in conjunction with the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Chicago. Megan Oakleaf, associate professor in the… Read More
SPARC welcomes directive mooting open access to publicly funded research - February 25, 2013
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has applauded US President Barack Obama for issuing a directive to ensure that the results of taxpayer-funded research – both articles and data – are made available to the general public to freely access and fully use. The… Read More
British Library joins FutureLearn Mooc initiative - February 19, 2013
The British Library, the national library of the UK, has announced its intention to join the UK's Mooc platform, FutureLearn Ltd., offering participants of its online courses access to the Library's digitised resources. The Library will be the first non-university research institution to join the initiative,… Read More
US Reps introduce FASTR bill to expand access to federally funded research - February 15, 2013
US Representatives Mike Doyle, Kevin Yoder and Zoe Lofgren have introduced legislation – the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR) - to increase the openness, transparency and accessibility of publicly funded research results. FASTR would require federal agencies with annual extramural research budgets of $100 million or… Read More
