OCLC celebrates 50 years of innovation and collaboration with libraries worldwide - June 26, 2017
OCLC, the library technology and research organisation that changed the way libraries work, is celebrating 50 years of innovation and collaboration with libraries around the world. On July 6, 1967, the non-profit Ohio College Library Center was established to create a shared electronic library for… Read More
Four Thomson Reuters solutions named finalists for SIIA CODiE Awards - June 23, 2017
Thomson Reuters has announced that four of its products are finalists for the 2017 SIIA CODiE Awards. The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) CODiE Awards are the premier awards for the software and information industries, and have been recognising product excellence for over 30… Read More
OCLC WorldShare Management Services expands mobile capabilities - June 21, 2017
Global library cooperative OCLC is introducing Digby, a new mobile app that will soon be available as part of WorldShare Management Services, the cloud-based library services platform. Digby is specifically designed to increase the efficiency, accuracy and independence of student library workers. As a suite… Read More
Nominations now open for 2018 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards for early-career women scientists in the developing world - June 21, 2017
Nominations are now open for the OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World, a high-profile award which honours the scientific and career achievements of women from developing countries in five regions - Latin America and the Caribbean, the Arab region, Sub-Saharan Africa,… Read More
The Optical Society celebrates 20 Years of OA journal, Optics Express - June 13, 2017
The Optical Society (OSA) is celebrating 20 years of its open access journal, Optics Express. Optics Express was developed in 1997 as a test-bed to explore the capabilities of all-electronic publishing, and simultaneously launched what is now known as Gold open access publishing. With Optics… Read More
Knowledge Unlatched strengthens its team with two new colleagues - June 8, 2017
Knowledge Unlatched (KU), the Open Access initiative supporting monographs in the humanities and social sciences, has expanded its team with two new colleagues from July 2017, due to the dynamic growth of its OA initiative. Catherine Anderson has joined as Sales Director in order to co-ordinate… Read More
