First OA articles sponsored by SCOAP3 international initiative now available - January 30, 2014
The first Open Access articles sponsored by the SCOAP3 international initiative are now available. Almost 400 articles have already appeared in the first three weeks of 2014 in the journals of participating publishers. The first 2014 issues of four large High-Energy Physics journals have fully… Read More
Registrations for 2014 NFAIS Annual Conference still open - January 29, 2014
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS), US, has announced that registrations are now being accepted for the 2014 NFAIS Annual Conference, Giving Voice to Content: Re-envisioning the Business of Information. The event is scheduled for February 23 - 25, 2014, at the Hyatt at… Read More
Howard Ratner named Executive Director of CHOR, Inc. - January 20, 2014
Howard Ratner, well known in the scholarly publishing community for his leadership work in technical services and standards, has been appointed as Executive Director of the new CHOR, Inc. not-for-profit organisation. As Director of Development, Ratner successfully led the CHORUS (Clearinghouse for the Open Research of… Read More
CONTEC Brasil to focus on interactive learning and innovative teaching methods - January 17, 2014
The Frankfurt Book Fair, scheduled for October 8-12, 2014, will expand its activities in Brazil in 2014 to include the CONTEC Brasil conference series, which will take place in various states throughout the country. The first conference will be held on February 18, 2014 in Sesc… Read More
Mellon Foundation to fund CRL Archive Analysis - January 17, 2014
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation recently awarded the Center for Research Libraries major funding to expand analysis and planning on an international level for archiving and strategic digitisation in two areas of library collecting - print journals and newspapers. Funding of $848,000 over a two-year period… Read More
ALCTS/bepress Digital Commons Midwinter Symposium to focus on public access to federally funded research - January 16, 2014
“Here There Be Dragons: Public Access to Federally Funded Research,” a Midwinter Symposium co-presented by the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) and bepress Digital Commons offers a unique opportunity to explore the complex issues surrounding the collection, organisation, delivery and preservation of federally… Read More
