CERN to display Large Hadron Collider, Divine Particle at Frankfurt Book Fair - August 9, 2012
Book and media fair Frankfurt Book Fair has announced that researchers from European atomic research organisation CERN will participate in this year's event from October 10-14. The researchers, using the largest particle accelerator in the world, the LHC - Large Hadron Collider, are seeking to go… Read More
ORCID spells out structure of 16-digit identifier - August 9, 2012
ORCID, an international, interdisciplinary, open and not-for-profit organisation, recently revealed information on what an ORCID identifier looks like. The ORCID ID is a 16-digit number that is compatible with the ISO Standard (ISO 27729), also known as the International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI). Initially, ORCID… Read More
American Library Association releases ‘Ebook Business Models for Public Libraries’ report - August 9, 2012
The American Library Association (ALA) has released 'Ebook Business Models for Public Libraries (PDF),' a report that describes general features and attributes of the current e-book environment and outlines constraints and restrictions of current business models. The report, which was created by the ALA Digital Content… Read More
NISO and the DAISY Consortium publish new American National Standard Authoring and Interchange Framework - August 8, 2012
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and the DAISY Consortium announce the publication of the new American National Standard Authoring and Interchange Framework (ANSI/NISO Z39.98-2012). The standard defines how to represent digital information using XML to produce documents suitable for transformation into different universally accessible formats.… Read More
ARL releases final version of RLI 279 - August 8, 2012
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the final version of Research Library Issues (RLI) no. 279, which is devoted to legal concerns and evolving professional practices around digitising special collections and archival materials. A pre-publication version of this issue was released in June. The… Read More
OCLC and ALISE invite proposals for 2013 Library and Information Science Research Grant Program - August 8, 2012
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, and OCLC Research, in collaboration with the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) are inviting research proposals for the 2013 Library and Information Science Research Grant Program (LISRGP). Awards of up to $15,000 are… Read More
