JUSP welcomes Springer adoption of COUNTER Release 4 to improve journal usage data - November 6, 2013
The Journal Usage Statistics Portal (JUSP) has welcomed the adoption of Release 4 of the COUNTER standard by international publisher Springer Science+Business Media. The implementation ensures that the journal usage data Springer is providing to higher education libraries are now compliant with the standard, ensuring… Read More
Onsite and virtual registration for NFAIS workshop ‘Open Access to Published Research: Current Status and Future Directions’ now open - November 4, 2013
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) will hold a one-day workshop on November 22, 2013. This workshop will take a look at the current state of open access to published research and the significant social, financial, technical and legislative forces that are driving it.… Read More
ORCID releases first Public Data File - October 29, 2013
ORCID, a non-profit organisation that provides an open registry of unique identifiers for researchers, has released its first Public Data File. The move comes a year after launch of the ORCID Registry. The Public Data File contains a snapshot of all public data in… Read More
Cambridge University Press’s William Bowes appointed new Chair of the PA’s Academic and Professional Division Board - October 28, 2013
The Publishers Association (PA) has announced that William Bowes, General Counsel and Company Secretary at Cambridge University Press will become Chair of The PA's Academic and Professional Division Board (APD). William Bowes will chair the upcoming Annual General Meeting and APD Board in November 2013. … Read More
Open Access Week events focus on increasing impact of research - October 22, 2013
Hundreds of events will take place across the globe to highlight the power of Open Access to increase the impact of scientific and scholarly research during the sixth annual Open Access Week, October 21 - 27, 2013. Open Access – the free, immediate, online access to… Read More
University of California Libraries awarded Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant to continue development of Western Regional Storage Trust - October 22, 2013
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the University of California Libraries a three-year grant to continue development of the Western Regional Storage Trust (WEST), a distributed shared print repository program for retrospective journal archives. More than 100 libraries participate in the trust, including libraries from… Read More
