London Info International to host Copyright Card Game as part of the Open Conference Stream on December 5 - November 1, 2017
London Info International will host the Copyright Card Game as part of the Open Conference Stream on December 5, 2017. Copyright is an important subject for all information professionals but one that often causes anxieties. Some of the anxiety is related to the complexity of… Read More
Wilma van Wezenbeek to succeed Robert van der Vooren as Open Access Project Leader at the VSNU - October 26, 2017
Wilma van Wezenbeek, director of the TU Delft Library, will succeed Robert van der Vooren as Open Access Project Leader at the VSNU with effect from January 1, 2018. In recent years Van Wezenbeek has spearheaded national and international efforts to promote open access and… Read More
OA2020 relaunches website, calls on libraries worldwide to divest subscription model to finance innovative, sustainable business and publishing models - October 26, 2017
With 'Open in order to innovate!' as the theme of Open Access Week 2017, OA2020 relaunches its website with a call to libraries worldwide to divest the traditional subscription model in order to finance innovative, sustainable business and publishing models. This principle is the foundation… Read More
DOAJ and Scientific Knowledge Services partner to achieve broader support for open access to scientific literature - October 23, 2017
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) has announced the agreement with Scientific Knowledge Services (SKS) as its exclusive agent in a selection of countries from the EMEA region. Scientific Knowledge Services will be responsible for facilitating financial support to DOAJ and in this way contribute… Read More
OCLC Research and euroCRIS announce strategic partnership - October 20, 2017
OCLC Research and euroCRIS, the international organisation for research information, has announced a strategic partnership to recognise and understand international research information management practices through collaborative research. The two organisations signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) earlier this year. Research information management (RIM) is the… Read More
LBF launches the first ever Audiobook Publisher award, entries open for The LBF International Excellence Awards 2018 - October 13, 2017
The London Book Fair (LBF), in association with the Publishers Association (The PA), has launched the LBF International Excellence Awards’ first ever Audiobook Publisher award. The 2018 awards, in their fifth year, have now opened online submissions. The awards, sponsored by Hytex, celebrate publishing success… Read More
