Collaborative monograph storage feasibility study published - September 1, 2017
For many university libraries, space shortage remains a major challenge, particularly balancing the need for increasing study space while some physical collections continue to grow. The HE sector has worked in partnership with the British Library (BL) since 2007 to manage print journals collaboratively through the… Read More
AAAS’ Rush Holt to present at 2017 Frontiers in Optics + Laser Sciences Meeting - September 1, 2017
At a time when there are widespread concerns about the place of science in the society and government, what role should scientists have with policymakers? What can be done to help avoid policies that devalue science and discontinue the much needed investment in research and development? Rush Holt, CEO of… Read More
Marin County Free Library selects OCLC’s CONTENTdm to manage digital collections - September 1, 2017
OCLC has announced that the Marin County Free Library's Anne T. Kent California Room, earlier this year, switched from locally hosting CONTENTdm to CONTENTdm hosted by OCLC. The library also switched to CONTENTdm's new responsive end-user interface, which has improved the display of its oral history… Read More
CARL appoints Jeff Moon as Director, Portage - September 1, 2017
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) has announced the appointment of Jeff Moon as the next Director of Portage. Moon has accepted a secondment commencing September 15, 2017. He succeeds Chuck Humphrey, who has held this role since September 2015. Portage is a national… Read More
OCUL’s Scholars Portal Journals reaches 50M article milestone - September 1, 2017
The Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) has announced that the Scholars Portal Journals platform has loaded its 50 millionth journal article. Scholars Portal Journals provides students, faculty and researchers at Ontario's universities easy access to articles on a wide range of academic subjects through… Read More
Holiday Notice - September 1, 2017
This is to inform our esteemed subscribers that there will be no newsletter dispatch on September 4, 2017 on account of Labor day. We will resume our newsletter service on Tuesday, September 5, 2017. The newsletter will contain all the headlines that have appeared after the September 1st issue.
