Symposium examines economic issues in preserving digital data - April 5, 2010
The Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access recently hosted a one day symposium called ‘A National Conversation on the Economic Sustainability of Digital Information.’ Convening a diverse group of speakers from the academic, private and public sectors, the event discussed a key… Read More
Grants available for new digitisation projects - April 5, 2010
College of Arts and Sciences faculty members are invited to apply for funding to create new digital content. The Grants Program for Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences is funded by the college and coordinated by Cornell University Library. Proposals that fall within the scope of… Read More
American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collections: Series 2 now available via EBSCOhost - April 5, 2010
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has released the second of five series from American Antiquarian Society (AAS) with American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 2. The series is part of a collection that provides digital access to a comprehensive collection of American periodicals… Read More
Ecological Society of America offers search facility in database of experts - April 5, 2010
The Ecological Society of America (ESA) has unveiled its updated resource for policymakers and members of the media. The Rapid Response Team (RRT) database, an ESA resource for several years, has now been made fully searchable. Users can find ecological scientists who specialise in a variety… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - April 5, 2010
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (Improving Peer Review: Let’s Provide an Ingredients List for Our Readers); Martin Fenner (Let's make science metrics more scientific); Michelle Kraft (What is Your Library’s Mission and What Does It Mean to Users?); and Philip Davis (Finally! An… Read More
E-publishing, outsourcing identified as most compelling current trends - April 2, 2010
Mobility is reportedly the buzzword in the content industry currently. It was recently reported that 13 American publishers stated that their e-book sales increased 176.6 percent in 2009 to $169.5 million. Industry players – particularly trade publishers and their content services providers — are increasingly noticing this trend. Various events… Read More
