University of Gloucestershire selects OCLC WorldShare Management Services - November 8, 2016
The University of Gloucestershire has selected WorldShare Management Services (WMS) as its new library management system. WMS is the library services platform that offers all the applications needed to manage a library, including acquisitions, circulation, metadata, resource sharing, license management and… Read More
IDPF members approve plan to combine with W3C - November 8, 2016
The member organisations of the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) have approved, by a margin of 72 (88%) in favour to 10 (12%) opposed, a plan proposed by the IDPF Board of Directors to combine IDPF with the World Wide Web Consortium… Read More
KU Libraries, Open Access Network, SPARC and Allen Press to jointly sponsor OA symposium - November 8, 2016
The University of Kansas Libraries, Open Access Network, Allen Press and SPARC are jointly sponsoring an international symposium, 'Envisioning a World Beyond APCs/BPCs,' in Lawrence, Kan., on November 17-18. The symposium will consider current… Read More
Five new members appointed to Global Challenges Research Fund Strategic Advisory Group - November 8, 2016
Five new members have been appointed to the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Strategic Advisory Group. The new members with varied backgrounds from academia and international development have been appointed for an initial two years to provide advice and support to the GCRF. The main task for the Strategic… Read More
Ringgold and PSI partner to harness the power of linked data - November 7, 2016
Ringgold, an ISNI Registration Agency, and Publisher Solutions International, Ltd. (PSI) have signed an agreement that will enable both companies to provide services based on the power of combining Ringgold's Identify Database and PSI's IP Registry. The process is underway to map Identify and the… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - November 7, 2016
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Yoo Jung Kim (Access to Science Research for Everyone); James Georgalakis (UK research can tackle global challenges but only if we heed lessons on research impact); Michael Clarke (Working Effectively with Consultants); Lettie Y. Conrad (The Latest in Search: New… Read More
