Ex Libris and Bavarian State Library announce strategic partnership for long term preservation - November 19, 2009
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Germany, has announced that the Bavarian State Library has selected the Rosetta digital preservation system, which will preserve and provide access to the extensive and rapidly growing digital collections of the Bavarian State Library. The Ex Libris Rosetta digital preservation… Read More
Reed Construction Data announces software updates for BIM solutions - November 19, 2009
Construction information provider Reed Construction Data (RCD), US, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reed Elsevier, has announced updates for two of its leading BIM solutions, SmartBIM Library (SBL) and SmartBIM QTO, to help Autodesk Revit users increase efficiency and organization in the design phase. SmartBIM Library is… Read More
Dear Subscriber - November 19, 2009
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Online information access may be hindered in future, says APC report - November 18, 2009
The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and Dutch funder Hivos have published the 2009 edition of the annual report, Global Information Society Watch (GISWatch). This year’s edition is titled Access to online information and knowledge – advancing human rights and democracy. The report states that accessing information and knowledge online… Read More
Nobel laureates express support for open access to publicly funded research - November 18, 2009
A group of 41 Nobel Prize-winning scientists, including 16 chemists, are urging the US Congress to require the results of federally funded research to be made freely available online. In an open letter to lawmakers the Nobel laureates endorse the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2009. The legislation would… Read More
EUP journals to be made available to UK universities via NESLi2 initiative - November 18, 2009
Scholarly publisher Edinburgh University Press, UK, has announced an agreement with JISC Collections to provide EUP journals to the UK academic community via the NESLi2 SMP initiative in 2010. NESLi2 SMP features e-content from 22 publishers around the world which are licensed by more than 190… Read More
