International Alliance of Research Library Associations endorse open data accord - May 2, 2016
The International Alliance of Research Library Associations (IARLA), a global coalition of major research and academic library associations in Australia, Canada, Europe, and the United States, recognises the importance of working towards a common vision for open data. According to IARLA, open data holds the key… Read More
Frankfurt Book Fair acquires majority stake in IPR License - April 28, 2016
The Frankfurt Book Fair (October 19-23 2016) has announced that it has taken a majority shareholding in IPR License Ltd, the global rights and licensing trading platform. In May 2015 it made a significant investment in IPR License but has now acquired… Read More
IWA Publishing joins the Independent Scholarly Publishers Group - April 28, 2016
IWA Publishing, a subsidiary of the International Water Association, has joined the Independent Scholarly Publishers Group (ISPG). Dragonfly Sales and Marketing Consulting, Inc., in the USA, announced this worldwide sales representation agreement. Dragonfly provides global sales representation for the ISPG, a consortium of 23 health sciences,… Read More
Second Editor’s Draft of EPUB 3.1 now available for review - April 27, 2016
The EPUB 3 Working Group has announced that the second Editor's Draft of EPUB 3.1 is now available for community review. The previous Editors Draft, published in January, included some potentially controversial changes, in effect as 'trial balloons'. Based on community feedback, some of these… Read More
OpenCon 2016 to be held in Washington DC on November 12-14 - April 27, 2016
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and the Right to Research Coalition have announced that OpenCon 2016 will be returning to Washington, DC on November 12-14, 2016, where it will be hosted at the American University Washington College of Law. OpenCon is more… Read More
RUSA appoints Celia Ross as new vendor relations liaison - April 26, 2016
The President of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), Anne Houston, has appointed Celia Ross, Associate Librarian at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan as Vendor Relations Liaison. The Vendor Relations Liaison's role is to facilitate communication between RUSA, including its staff,… Read More
