Ithaka S+R and PALCI join NFAIS as new members - November 15, 2016
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS™), a global non-profit membership organization serving the information services community, has announced that Ithaka S+R and the Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc. (PALCI) have joined NFAIS as new members. Ithaka S+R is a not-for-profit service that helps… Read More
USDA and CHORUS sign MoU to advance public access to content reporting on USDA-funded research - November 15, 2016
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and CHORUS have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to advance public access to content reporting on USDA-funded research. USDA already links from the PubAg portal to CHORUS-verified, publicly accessible content on… Read More
Consortium partners for new European Commission funded SCOPE Project announced - November 15, 2016
The European Science Foundation (ESF), l'École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) have been selected as Consortium partners for the new European Commission funded SCOPE project. The Grant Agreement has been signed by all partners and the project… Read More
Free webinar – OA Journal Publishing: DOAJ Indexing and Best Practice - November 11, 2016
The Library Publishing Coalition has announced its latest webinar - OA Journal Publishing: DOAJ Indexing and Best Practice, featuring Judith Barnsby from the DOAJ. The webinar will be of interest to anyone wanting to get their open access journal indexed by the… Read More
Nicola Wright elected as new Vice-Chair of RLUK - November 11, 2016
Research Libraries UK (RLUK) has announced that Nicola Wright has been elected as its new Vice-Chair. Nicola is Director of LSE Library and Librarian of the British Library of Political and Economic Science. Nicola joined LSE in 2008 from Imperial College London where she led the… Read More
London Info International 2016: inaugural conference programme - November 9, 2016
London Info International 2016 has announced its inaugural conference programme. Presented below is a preview of some of the key elements of the event as well as an introduction to some of the keynote speakers. The opening keynote by David Worlock on December 6… Read More
