Swets and Mendeley launch Mendeley Institutional Edition powered by Swets - January 16, 2012
Information services provider Swets, Netherlands, and Mendeley, creators of the online reference management and academic social networking tool, have announced the launch of Mendeley Institutional Edition powered by Swets. Building on the existing Mendeley functionalities, this multi-device solution provides librarians and institutions with a means… Read More
More libraries join OCLC WorldShare Management Services community - January 16, 2012
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, has announced that 28 libraries have selected OCLC WorldShare Management Services since July 1, 2011. The OCLC WorldShare Management Services claims to be the first Webscale management services for libraries that streamline cataloging, acquisitions, circulation, license management and workflows, and offer… Read More
Copyright Alliances welcomes US bill overturning free access to publicly funded research - January 16, 2012
The Copyright Alliance has applauded US Representatives Darrell Issa and Carolyn Maloney for their bipartisan introduction of H.R. 3699, the Research Works Act. The proposal would overturn an unprecedented federal government taking of copyrights from certain authors and researchers. In a recently issued statement, the… Read More
ARL webcast on Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries - January 13, 2012
The US' Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is offering a free webcast on Thursday, January 26, 3:00–4:00 pm Eastern Time, to discuss the forthcoming ARL Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries. The Code facilitators — Patricia Aufderheide of the Center… Read More
Chandos launches e-book platform, Chandos Publishing Online - January 13, 2012
Library and information science publishing company Chandos Publishing, UK, has announced the launch of its e-book platform, Chandos Publishing Online. MetaPress, a division of EBSCO Industries, Inc., is the host provider for the site. Chandos is an imprint of Woodhead Publishing Ltd. Read More
Libertas Academica to preserve e-journals with CLOCKSS Archive - January 13, 2012
The CLOCKSS Archive has announced that it has partnered with STM publisher Libertas Academica to preserve the latter's e-journals in CLOCKSS' geographically and geopolitically distributed network of redundant archive nodes, located at 12 major research libraries around the world. This action provides for content to be… Read More
