ACM publishes special COVID-19 issue of Interactions to explore design and technology - July 30, 2020
ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, has announced the publication of a special COVID-19 issue of Interactions, ACM’s magazine focused on human-computer interaction (HCI). The special issue of Interactions—Design in the Pandemic—explores the ways in which critical research and emerging practices in… Read More
Clarivate to combine with CPA Global to form a true end-to-end global solution covering the entire innovation and intellectual property lifecycle - July 29, 2020
Clarivate Plc, a global leader in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the pace of innovation, has signed a definitive agreement to combine with CPA Global, a global leader in intellectual property (“IP”) software and tech-enabled services. In the all-stock transaction, CPA Global shareholders will… Read More
Wiley launches KnowItAll 2020, takes spectral identification to the next level - July 29, 2020
John Wiley & Sons Inc., a global leader in research and education, has announced the debut of KnowItAll 2020, following the company’s acquisition of the informatics KnowItAll spectroscopy software and spectral databases in April. KnowItAll 2020 features a new streamlined interface and tools to accelerate the… Read More
Portico at JCDL 2020 - July 29, 2020
On August 5, Karen Hanson, Portico Senior Research Developer, will be participating in ‘Making, Using, and Exploring Web Archives: Tales from Scholars & Practitioners,’ a panel discussion in the Web Archiving and Digital Libraries virtual workshop. The presentation is part of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on… Read More
Collaborative research and development initiative, Building a National Finding Aid Network, receives IMLS funding - July 29, 2020
The California Digital Library has announced a $982,175 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS – National Leadership Grants for Libraries grant program) to conduct a two-year research and demonstration project designed to build the foundation for a national archival finding aid network.… Read More
Library’s linked-data project gets new grant - July 29, 2020
A $2.5 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is boosting a multi-institution initiative to develop tools and workflows that improve the sharing of catalogue data among libraries and help internet users discover library resources on the web. Known as Linked Data for Production,… Read More
