Scientific and research community along with funding agencies in New Zealand support adoption and use of ORCID identifiers - August 12, 2016
New Zealand is joining the wave of countries to support and adopt ORCID. New Zealand's peak bodies representing the scientific and research community, along with funding agencies, recently released a joint statement of principle supporting the adoption and use of ORCID identifiers across the research and… Read More
Greenhouse Associates and SKS Advisors join NFAIS as new members - August 12, 2016
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS), a global non-profit membership organisation serving the information community, has announced Greenhouse Associates and SKS Advisors have joined NFAIS as new members. Greenhouse Associates, based in Chicago, is a research and consulting firm serving publishers and information… Read More
UC Davis and CDL complete ‘Pay It Forward’ project - August 12, 2016
The University of California, Davis and the California Digital Library recently completed the 18-month Pay It Forward project, an effort funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon foundation. The project brought together research libraries at Harvard, Ohio State University, the University of British Columbia,… Read More
Credo announces new and updated features to Credo Online Reference Service - August 12, 2016
Information skills solutions provider Credo, the industry leader for information literacy, critical thinking, and research solutions, is introducing several new and updated features to its popular Credo Online Reference Service, the only publisher-neutral reference platform designed intentionally as the starting point for research. The enhancements… Read More
De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde becomes first library in Asia to select OCLC WorldShare Management Services - August 12, 2016
De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, in Manila, Philippines, has selected OCLC WorldShare Management Services, becoming the first library in Asia to move to the cloud-based library management system. WorldShare Management Services (WMS) is a complete, cloud-based library management system that offers all of the… Read More
Elsevier to publish OA journal, Engineering, in collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Engineering - August 11, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier has been selected to publish Engineering, an open access journal published in collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Engineering was founded in 2015 in China and will now be published for a global audience. The journal aims to provide a high-level platform… Read More
