Reprints Desk appoints STM industry expert Sharon Mattern Büttiker as Director of Content Management - January 31, 2017
Research Solutions, Inc., a pioneer in providing cloud-based solutions for scientific research, has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Reprints Desk has hired Sharon Mattern Büttiker as Director of Content Management. Mattern will work on expanding Reprints Desk's publisher relations and content portfolio in support of the… Read More
Call for Proposals for PKP 2017 International Scholarly Publishing Conference now open - January 30, 2017
The Public Knowledge Project has issued a Call for Proposals for the PKP 2017 International Scholarly Publishing Conference to be held in Montreal, Quebec from August 2- 4, 2017. The conference will be co-hosted by Érudit, and will take place at the… Read More
NRF hosts first African DSpace-CRIS Repository Workshop - January 30, 2017
The National Research Foundation (NRF) hosted a successful DSpace-CRIS workshop at its National Facility the iThemba Labs, in Cape Town from December 4-5, 2016. It was attended by 38 participants including IT administrators, librarians and repository practitioners, drawn from various universities and research councils. The University of Cape Town… Read More
New OCLC Research report on digitization in public and state libraries - January 30, 2017
The Association of Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) has announced that OCLC Research has published a new report: Advancing the National Digital Platform: The State of Digitization in US Public and State Libraries. This report summarises the results of a… Read More
New sponsorship model to broaden arXiv membership - January 27, 2017
A new sponsorship model for arXiv.org aims to encourage more libraries and research institutions around the world to support the repository by becoming members. To help broaden membership, arXiv's leadership and Anurag Acharya, co-creator of Google Scholar, have worked together to develop a model in… Read More
Peter Frishauf joins FMC Board of Directors - January 27, 2017
Frontline Medical Communications (FMC) has announced that Peter Frishauf is joining the Board of Directors, effective immediately. Peter is a digital health consultant, entrepreneur, business leader, and pioneer, and is best known as the founder of Medscape. He is widely regarded as an innovator, whose… Read More
