International Alliance of Research Library Associations endorse open data accord - May 2, 2016
The International Alliance of Research Library Associations (IARLA), a global coalition of major research and academic library associations in Australia, Canada, Europe, and the United States, recognises the importance of working towards a common vision for open data. According to IARLA, open data holds the key… Read More
OASPA issues call for contributions for 8th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing - May 2, 2016
The Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) will be holding the 8th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (COASP) in the US this year at the Westin Arlington Gateway hotel in Virginia, on September 21 - 22, 2016. Now established as a key event in… Read More
Lovington Public Library selects Boopsie for enhanced mobile app functionality - May 2, 2016
Mobile platform-as-a-service (PaaS) provider Boopsie, Inc. continues to add to the over 4,000 library locations worldwide that rely on its custom-branded mobile apps to quickly acquire new users and increase circulation. Lovington Public Library will replace its current ILS app with an affordable, easy to deploy… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - May 2, 2016
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Jon Tennant (How can academia kick its addiction to the impact factor?); David Kent (Peer review appears to be a poor predictor of impact); Dan Gorenstein (Medical journal's critics say it should share more data); NoveList Blog (Linked data: What… Read More
PETA honours Elsevier with inaugural Progressive Medical Education Software Award - April 29, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier was recently awarded the inaugural Progressive Medical Education Software Award by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The award was presented to the locally-developed Elsevier Animal Simulator software, which recreates a virtual animal laboratory for students to learn without having to… Read More
Cardiff Metropolitan University is 400th institution to go live with Ex Libris Alma - April 29, 2016
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the 400th customer of the Ex Libris Alma® cloud-based resource management solution, Cardiff Metropolitan University, has gone live. Building on the solution's unparalleled success, Ex Libris is now focusing on developing new services to address the next level… Read More
