NISO strengthens commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion - March 31, 2021
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced two important actions to support increased diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in its work and its community. Following Board approval of the NISO DEI Policy in January, a full DEI Committee has now been formed. The Committee will be… Read More
Frost & Sullivan honours Wolters Kluwer’s Sentri7 and POC Advisor clinical surveillance solutions with New Product Innovation Award - March 31, 2021
Clinical technology and evidence-based solutions provider Wolters Kluwer, Health, has been recognized by Frost & Sullivan with a 2021 New Product Innovation Award for its ‘state-of-the-art suite of clinical surveillance solutions that contribute to vastly improved patient outcomes and measurable reductions in the cost of care.’ … Read More
University of Concepcion becomes first library in Chile to implement FOLIO with EBSCO FOLIO Services - March 31, 2021
University of Concepcion (UdeC) has become the first library in Chile to choose FOLIO as its Library Services Platform (LSP) and will use EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) for implementation and hosting services. UdeC has started implementation of the FOLIO ERM and is expected to go live with… Read More
Jisc to use Unsub to evaluate UK university journal subscriptions - March 31, 2021
Jisc has announced that it will be utilizing Unsub, an analytics dashboard, to help evaluate journal agreements that UK universities hold with publishers. The dashboard was created in 2019 by Our Research, a not-for-profit software company. Unsub can produce forecasts of different journal subscription scenarios, giving Jisc… Read More
OCLC to convene a diverse group to explore inclusive descriptive practices - March 31, 2021
OCLC, a non-profit global library cooperative, has been awarded a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to convene a diverse group of experts, practitioners, and community members to determine ways to improve descriptive practices, tools, infrastructure and workflows in libraries and archives. The… Read More
Elsevier announces trans-inclusive policy for author name changes - March 30, 2021
Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, has launched a trans-inclusive policy for author name changes. This allows authors to retrospectively return to previously peer-reviewed articles of record and update them with their current names. Elsevier is committed to working with its partners to… Read More
