Five Jisc member universities purchase Arkivum data archiving service via Janet Data Archive Framework Agreement - May 8, 2014
Jisc, together with Arkivum Ltd, has announced that five of its member universities, Queens University Belfast, Gonville & Caius, UCL, and the universities of Leeds and York, have purchased the Arkivum data archiving service via the Janet Data Archive Framework Agreement which was announced January 14,… Read More
Emerald names Dr. Festus E. Obiakor and Dr. Jeffrey P. Bakken as new editors of Advances in Special Education book series - May 8, 2014
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing has named Dr. Festus E. Obiakor of Valdosta State University and Dr. Jeffrey P. Bakken of Bradley University as the new editors of the Advances in Special Education (ASE) book series. As leaders in the field of education, both will bring… Read More
More than a third of contributors in Books In Print have an ISNI, reveals new Bowker analysis - May 8, 2014
A new analysis of Bowker® Books In Print shows that a full 33 percent of its contributors have the ISO-certified International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI) connected with their names and in use in the database. ISNI was created just over two years ago and has topped… Read More
NISO and OAI publish ResourceSync Framework Specification – a new American National Standard for the Web - May 8, 2014
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) have announced the publication of the ResourceSync Framework Specification - a new American National Standard for the Web detailing various capabilities that a server can implement to allow third-party systems to remain synchronized with… Read More
ALA Office for Diversity extends deadline for research grant proposals - May 8, 2014
The American Library Association (ALA) Office for Diversity has extended its deadline for proposals for its 2014 Diversity Research Grants from April 30 to May 16, 2014. Applicants must be current ALA members, and 2014 proposals may concentrate on any diversity topic that addresses critical gaps… Read More
EU rejects international solution to library and archive copyright problems - May 7, 2014
Discussions by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR) broke down in the early hours of May 3, after the European Union (EU) attempted to block future discussion of copyright laws to aid libraries and archives fulfil their missions… Read More
