Fair use promoted at House of Representatives copyright hearing - April 9, 2014
James G. Neal, Columbia University's university librarian and vice president for information services, served as the voice of libraries to the US House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet on April 2, 2014, when the subcommittee held a hearing on preserving and reusing copyrighted work.… Read More
Danish library collections now discoverable via WorldCat - April 9, 2014
Dansk Bibliotekscenter (DBC) is partnering with OCLC to synchronize DANBIB, the Danish national union catalogue, with WorldCat, making real-time updates that will result in faster visibility of the collections around the world through leading websites and search engines. Synchronizing the DANBIB catalogue with WorldCat in… Read More
CRC Press and CRCNetBASE content now available on Knovel - April 8, 2014
Taylor & Francis Group’s renowned engineering titles published by CRC Press will be offered on KnovelKnovel, a cloud-based application that integrates quality technical information with in-depth analytical and search tools. Additional content will be added to Knovel over the next few… Read More
Forest Research and Management Institute ICAS preserves with CLOCKSS Archive - April 7, 2014
The CLOCKSS Archive has partnered with the Forest Research and Management Institute ICAS to preserve Annals of Forest Research in its geographically and geopolitically distributed network of redundant archive nodes, located at 12 major research libraries around the world. This action provides… Read More
Repository infrastructure initiatives agree to align networks - April 3, 2014
In a meeting in Rome, Italy, on March 20–21, 2014, representatives from several major regional repository networks came together to develop a strategy to better align their activities. The meeting convened delegates from Australia, Canada, China, Europe, Latin America, and the United States, including representatives from AOASG (Australian Open Access… Read More
OnSomble’s solutions for competency development of clinicians now available via Elsevier CPM - April 2, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that it will now provide OnSomble's on-site services and online role-based professional development tools to augment Elsevier CPM solutions and help clinicians with professional role competency, obligations, training and development. OnSomble's tools, including OnRole, its role-based assessment and development software,… Read More
