ARL names Sue Baughman as Associate Deputy Executive Director - January 28, 2010
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced the appointment of M. Sue Baughman as Associate Deputy Executive Director. Baughman is currently Assistant Dean for Organizational Development at the University of Maryland, College Park. She will assume her role at ARL on March 29, 2010. The… Read More
Dear Subscriber - January 28, 2010
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CIC to acquire major eBooks collection on ScienceDirect platform - January 27, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) has agreed to acquire the complete ScienceDirect eBooks collections for 2008, 2009 and 2010. Libraries and patrons in CIC member institutions will now be able to access over 1,300 titles across 18 science,… Read More
US Copyright Office adopts interim regulation on online-only deposits - January 27, 2010
The US’ Copyright Office is adopting an interim regulation governing mandatory deposit of electronic works published in the US and available only online. The regulation establishes that online-only works (those without a physical version) are exempt from mandatory deposit until a demand for deposit of copies… Read More
Russia’s research output second lowest among ‘BRIC’ group of nations, says report - January 27, 2010
Information services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has released a study according to which Russia’s research output experienced a steady decline over the past 10 years and is now the second lowest among the ‘BRIC’ group of nations. The study, The New Geography of Science: Research and… Read More
JISC announces JISC Conference 2010 blog competition - January 27, 2010
The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), UK, has announced a blog competition for the education community. As part of the JISC Conference 2010, JISC is asking teachers, learners and researchers to share their experiences of technology around the event theme: ‘technology – at the heart of… Read More
