Jisc, Wellcome Trust welcome UK funding bodies’ open access policy - April 1, 2014
Jisc has welcomed the announcement by Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), the Scottish Funding Council, the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales and the Department for Employment and Learning that from 2016 they will expect all articles submitted to the Research Excellence Framework (REF),… Read More
IMLS, Sloan Foundation jointly award ARL $1 million grant to develop and launch SHARE Notification Service - March 31, 2014
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has been awarded a joint $1 million grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to develop and launch the SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE) Notification Service. SHARE is a collaborative initiative… Read More
Document delivery performance bolstered with Reprints Desk’s completed CrossRef digital object identifier project - March 28, 2014
Reprints Desk, Inc. has announced the completion of an information systems and technology project for assimilating more than 40 million digital object identifiers (DOIs) from CrossRef Metadata Services into the content transaction engine that powers the company's Article Galaxy document delivery management system. CrossRef assigns… Read More
COPE European Seminar 2014 features thought provoking program covering European perspectives on publication ethics - March 27, 2014
This year the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) European Seminar was held in Brussels, the first time it has taken place outside of London, on March 14. Delegates were treated to a varied and thought provoking program covering the vast topic of European perspectives on publication… Read More
Databib and re3data.org merge two projects into one service - March 26, 2014
Databib and "re3data.org – Registry of Research Data Repositories" have announced their plan to merge their two projects into one service that will be managed under the auspices of DataCite by the end of 2015. Their joint proposal to the DataCite General… Read More
ALCTS seeks ALCTS News editor - March 26, 2014
The Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) is inviting applications and nominations for the position of editor of the ALCTS News, the association's official news source. ALCTS News is a digital news website. The editor will be appointed for a renewable three-year term, beginning… Read More
