Wiley Learning Institute announces January online workshops with Jossey-Bass authors - January 8, 2013
Wiley Learning Institute, in collaboration with Jossey-Bass, is offering faculty, campus leaders, and business professionals the opportunity to participate in interactive professional development workshops in January. These workshops will be led by internationally recognised speakers, thought leaders and authors and will address topics such as mentoring,… Read More
Seven new publishers to participate in CLOCKSS Archive - January 8, 2013
The CLOCKSS Archive has announced the participation of seven new publishers in its digital preservation archive. These include: Seismological Society of America, Mineralogical Society of America, Geological Society of London, Centro de Filosofia da Universidade de Lisboa (CFUL), Botanical Society of America, Social Behavior and Personality… Read More
January 14 set as new date for opening 2013 ALA Annual Conference registration - January 7, 2013
The American Library Association (ALA) has announced that registration and housing for 2013 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, June 27-July 2, are now set to open on January 14 at 9:00 a.m. CST. It has asked that any communication received from its registration and housing systems,… Read More
NFAIS to hold webinar on new platforms for accessing published works - January 4, 2013
The US' National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) will hold a 90-minute webinar on January 18, 2013. The webinar will take a look at Labtiva's ReadCube, a free, cross-platform software application that is being used by Nature Publishing to provide ease of access to a… Read More
Nature publishes survey result on researchers’ attitudes towards lab safety - January 4, 2013
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) has conducted an international survey of researchers' attitudes towards laboratory safety. Early results are reported in this week's issue of Nature, and the UC Center for Laboratory Safety is analysing the data further for future publication. The survey was commissioned… Read More
National Library of Israel opts for Ex Libris’ Rosetta for digital preservation - January 3, 2013
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the National Library of Israel (NLI) has adopted its Rosetta digital preservation solution. As part of the NLI's strategic renewal programme, Rosetta will manage and preserve its collections of e-books, manuscripts, maps, newspapers, audio recordings, websites… Read More
