New OCLC Research report on digitization in public and state libraries - January 30, 2017
The Association of Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) has announced that OCLC Research has published a new report: Advancing the National Digital Platform: The State of Digitization in US Public and State Libraries. This report summarises the results of a… Read More
Education publishers sue Amazon marketplace vendors over counterfeit sales - January 30, 2017
Education publishers Pearson Education, Cengage Learning and McGraw Hill have summoned Amazon to disclose the names and financial accounts of online vendors allegedly selling low-cost pirated copies of the publishers' books via the Amazon marketplace site. According… Read More
CARL releases Roadmap towards sustainable scholarly communication - January 30, 2017
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) has released a Scholarly Communications Roadmap that presents clear activities it aims to undertake to stimulate positive change towards an open, sustainable, effective and innovative scholarly communication system. The key activities identified by CARL for action in the… Read More
Call for Proposals for PKP 2017 International Scholarly Publishing Conference now open - January 30, 2017
The Public Knowledge Project has issued a Call for Proposals for the PKP 2017 International Scholarly Publishing Conference to be held in Montreal, Quebec from August 2- 4, 2017. The conference will be co-hosted by Érudit, and will take place at the… Read More
Wound Care Education Institute and the Journal of Wound Care announce joint venture to publish new digital journal – Wound Central - January 30, 2017
Wound Care Education Institute® (WCEI) and the Journal of Wound Care (JWC) have entered into a joint venture to publish a new digital journal called Wound Central™. Wound Central offers a unique combination of advanced wound care education as well as practical bedside how-to basics. The… Read More
NRF hosts first African DSpace-CRIS Repository Workshop - January 30, 2017
The National Research Foundation (NRF) hosted a successful DSpace-CRIS workshop at its National Facility the iThemba Labs, in Cape Town from December 4-5, 2016. It was attended by 38 participants including IT administrators, librarians and repository practitioners, drawn from various universities and research councils. The University of Cape Town… Read More
