OA2020 relaunches website, calls on libraries worldwide to divest subscription model to finance innovative, sustainable business and publishing models - October 26, 2017
With 'Open in order to innovate!' as the theme of Open Access Week 2017, OA2020 relaunches its website with a call to libraries worldwide to divest the traditional subscription model in order to finance innovative, sustainable business and publishing models. This principle is the foundation… Read More
DOAJ and Scientific Knowledge Services partner to achieve broader support for open access to scientific literature - October 23, 2017
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) has announced the agreement with Scientific Knowledge Services (SKS) as its exclusive agent in a selection of countries from the EMEA region. Scientific Knowledge Services will be responsible for facilitating financial support to DOAJ and in this way contribute… Read More
OCLC Research and euroCRIS announce strategic partnership - October 20, 2017
OCLC Research and euroCRIS, the international organisation for research information, has announced a strategic partnership to recognise and understand international research information management practices through collaborative research. The two organisations signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) earlier this year. Research information management (RIM) is the… Read More
LBF launches the first ever Audiobook Publisher award, entries open for The LBF International Excellence Awards 2018 - October 13, 2017
The London Book Fair (LBF), in association with the Publishers Association (The PA), has launched the LBF International Excellence Awards’ first ever Audiobook Publisher award. The 2018 awards, in their fifth year, have now opened online submissions. The awards, sponsored by Hytex, celebrate publishing success… Read More
LIBER announces two new Executive Board members - October 9, 2017
The Association of European Research Libraries (LIBER) has announced that two new library professionals — Agnès Ponsati Obiols, Digital Library and Information Systems Director at the Spanish National Library, and Bertil Dorch, Director of the University Library of Southern Denmark — have joined the Executive Board.… Read More
ARL membership elects ARL Board of Directors 2017–2018 - October 6, 2017
Mary Ann Mavrinac, vice provost and the Andrew H. and Janet Dayton Neilly dean of the University of Rochester Libraries, began a one-year term as president of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) on October 4, 2017, during the Association's Fall 2017 Meeting in Washington, DC.… Read More
