EKT and Public Knowledge Project announce strategic partnership - May 11, 2018
PKP has announced the establishment of a new strategic partnership with the National Documentation Centre (EKT) of Greece. EKT has been a major adopter and advocate for PKP's Open Journal Systems (OJS) and Open Monograph Press (OMP) both in Greece and throughout Europe. EKT has… Read More
NISO launches new project to facilitate manuscript exchange across systems - May 10, 2018
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has approved a new project to develop a common means to easily transfer manuscripts between and among manuscript systems, such as those in use at publishers and preprint servers. Those who work in manuscript-processing areas such as production systems, preprint… Read More
SPEC Survey webcast on Accessibility and Universal Design - May 10, 2018
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is offering a series of webcasts that present the findings from the latest SPEC surveys and allow webcast participants to discuss trends with the survey authors. A 45-minute webcast will follow the publication of each SPEC Kit in 2018. … Read More
NLM partners with Adam Matthew Digital to complete Medical Services and Warfare Digitization Project - May 9, 2018
The National Library of Medicine's History of Medicine Division recently worked with Adam Matthew Digital, a digital publisher of unique primary source collections from archives around the world, to digitise more than 12,000 pages of manuscripts from 15 collections held by the NLM. The NLM… Read More
ASAM e.V. and SAE International sign memorandum of understanding for future collaboration - May 9, 2018
ASAM e.V. and SAE International have entered into a cooperative partnership to develop and provide standards for the automotive industry. The partnership aims to improve engineering processes and to make workflows more efficient. Duplicative standards are costly and counterproductive. In order to avoid that, both organisations… Read More
Public libraries in Norway to add records of collections to WorldCat through Norwegian Library Center - May 9, 2018
The Norwegian Library Center (Biblioteksentralen SA) has selected OCLC to enable public libraries in Norway to load records of their collections into WorldCat, the comprehensive database of information about library collections. The Norwegian Library Center is a public cooperative owned by 416 municipalities, 15 counties,… Read More
