Library Copyright Alliance comments on EU consultation on copyright rules - March 17, 2014
The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) recently submitted a response to the European Union (EU) consultation on the review of copyright rules. The EU website provided a list of 80 questions for stakeholders to answer; the LCA response focuses on those questions most relevant to the library… Read More
Digital future is going to be bigger than the digital past, says Jisc chief executive - March 17, 2014
Speaking at the close of the two-day Jisc Digital Festival Jisc's chief executive, Martyn Harrow highlighted the organisation's continued support in enhancing digital capabilities within the education and research communities. The event which took place at the Birmingham ICC, saw over 650 delegates attend with… Read More
Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters launches second annual Metrics Mania - March 17, 2014
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced the launch of the second annual Metrics Mania, a unique competition designed to measure the research impact of American universities participating in the national college basketball championships. The competition will begin March 17, and close… Read More
Cornell University Libraries face increasing journal costs - March 17, 2014
Cornell University Library's budget is being 'stretched thin' due to the "dramatically increasing" prices of scientific journals, according to Prof. Nerissa Russell, anthropology, chair of the University Faculty Library Board. According to Russell, there's been tremendous consolidation in the publishers, and things that used to… Read More
Department of Health selects ArchivalWare digital repository system - March 17, 2014
As part of a major enhancement of its library service the Department of Health has chosen the ArchivalWare digital repository system to provide on-line access to its collection of circulars and guidance documents issued by the department since 1970, and other archive materials over time. ArchivalWare™ allows organisations to… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - March 17, 2014
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (Layers Upon Layers — Taking Advantage of the Great Infrastructure Build-Out of the Twenty Aughts); Duncan Green (What do policymakers want from researchers? Blogs, elevator pitches and good old fashioned press mentions); Alice Northover (Academic publishing gets a… Read More
