LBF International Excellence Awards 2018 shortlist revealed - March 9, 2018
The shortlist for The London Book Fair International Excellence Awards 2018 has been announced, with Brazil leading the way with five nominations, closely followed by USA with four, and a record-high 27 countries represented overall. The awards, which are held in partnership with the UK… Read More
NFAIS elects new Board of Directors leadership for 2018-2019 - March 8, 2018
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS™), a global non-profit membership organisation serving the information services community, has announced its Board of Directors slate for 2018-2019. The new NFAIS Board assembled for its first meeting at the NFAIS 2018 Annual Conference, on March 2, in… Read More
Funding for scientific research marks new Canadian federal budget - March 8, 2018
The Canadian federal government recently released its annual budget, including a nearly-$4 billion (US $3.1 billion) increase in funding for science over the next five years. A sizeable amount of the funding will go directly to Canada's three granting councils, a critical recognition on behalf of the government of the… Read More
Wiener Neustadt libraries are first in Austria to go live with OCLC WorldShare Management Services - March 7, 2018
Wiener Neustadt University of Applied Sciences and the Public Library Wiener Neustadt are the first libraries in Austria to go live with OCLC's cloud-based WorldShare Management Services. WorldShare Management Services (WMS) is the cloud-based library services platform that provides all of the applications needed to… Read More
APHA announces free access to firearms research published in the American Journal of Public Health - March 7, 2018
The American Public Health Association has announced that research papers, commentaries and analytic essays on public health and firearms published in the American Journal of Public Health are now available to all free of charge, with no subscription required to access the research, data and findings.… Read More
Knowledge Unlatched and Luminos announce partnership - March 6, 2018
Knowledge Unlatched (KU), the central platform for the sustainable funding of Open Access (OA) models, has announced a partnership with Luminos, the OA initiative from the University of California Press (UC Press). The Luminos initiative publishes around 40 books per year in OA. Books selected… Read More
