JISC Collections’ new funded shared service to help universities manage their e-resources - October 9, 2012
JISC Collections has announced a new shared service that aims to help UK libraries manage their e-resources more efficiently. Called Knowledge Base+, the service is being established to start addressing the challenges facing libraries due to the inadequate data and metadata about publications, packages, subscriptions, entitlements… Read More
RSC welcomes additional funding for research, but calls for long-term investment - October 9, 2012
Prof. Lesley Yellowlees, the President of the UK's Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has welcomed the government's announcement of a £200 million extra investment for the Research Partnership Investment Fund. However, RSC has called for the ruling Conservative party to commit to long-term investment in science… Read More
Center for the History of Medicine and MPublishing collaborate to launch digital influenza archives - October 8, 2012
The University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine, in partnership with the U-M Library's MPublishing division, has announced the release of The American Influenza Epidemic of 1918-1919: A Digital Encyclopedia, an original, open access digital collection of archival, primary, and interpretive materials related to… Read More
NFAIS to host webinar on usage of linked data - October 5, 2012
The US' National Federation for Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) will hold a 90 minute webinar on October 25, 2012 to provide an overview of how linked data can be used to the benefit of the entire information community - content providers, librarians, and users. Bradley Allen,… Read More
Dell, University of Illinois create preservation archive with Fedora Repository Software - October 1, 2012
IT firm Dell, US, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have created a new digital archive for the latter's university system. The archive is said to simplify how the university manages digital assets, including rare books and faculty intellectual property output… Read More
Association of Research Libraries releases free recording of MINES for Libraries Webcast - September 28, 2012
The Association of Research Libraries has released a free recording of the MINES for Libraries Webcast, held on September 18, 2012. The webcast provides potential and current participants with vital information about the MINES (Measuring the Impact of Networked Electronic Services) for Libraries service, an online,… Read More
