NFAIS to host webinar on usage of linked data - October 5, 2012
The US' National Federation for Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) will hold a 90 minute webinar on October 25, 2012 to provide an overview of how linked data can be used to the benefit of the entire information community - content providers, librarians, and users. Bradley Allen,… Read More
Dell, University of Illinois create preservation archive with Fedora Repository Software - October 1, 2012
IT firm Dell, US, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have created a new digital archive for the latter's university system. The archive is said to simplify how the university manages digital assets, including rare books and faculty intellectual property output… Read More
Association of Research Libraries releases free recording of MINES for Libraries Webcast - September 28, 2012
The Association of Research Libraries has released a free recording of the MINES for Libraries Webcast, held on September 18, 2012. The webcast provides potential and current participants with vital information about the MINES (Measuring the Impact of Networked Electronic Services) for Libraries service, an online,… Read More
SPARC and World Bank announce speakers for Open Access Week 2012 webcast - September 25, 2012
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and the World Bank have announced the speakers for their co-sponsored kick-off event for Open Access Week 2012. The event will be held October 22, from 4pm - 5:30pm, at the World Bank in Washington, DC. The… Read More
SCOAP3 Article Processing Charges announced - September 25, 2012
As part of the SCOAP3 (Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics) tendering process recently conducted by CERN for the benefit of SCOAP3, the agreed-upon Article Processing Charges (APCs) for SCOAP3 participating journals are now publicly available. Within the SCOAP3 model, these APCs… Read More
Library of Congress to host ICSTI 2012 Annual Conference - September 24, 2012
The International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) has announced that it will hold its 2012 Annual Conference & Exhibition on October 15-16, 2012 in Washington DC. The event, hosted by the Library of Congress, will follow the ICSTI membership General Assembly meetings taking place… Read More
