Open letter supports US legislation to ensure free access to publicly funded research - May 5, 2010
The Alliance for Taxpayer Access (ATA) has announced that the provosts and presidents of 27 research institutions in the US have voiced their support for the Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) via an open letter. The ‘Open Letter to the Higher Education Community’, released last week by the
Microsoft FUSE Labs to introduce service to consolidate social networks - May 5, 2010
Microsoft's FUSE Labs, the research arm of enterprise software firm Microsoft Corp., US, reportedly unveiled Spindex, a new social networking project, at the recent Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco. Spindex aims to aggregate and streamline social networks into a single console to help users interact… Read More
Google readying sales strategies for new e-books retail service - May 5, 2010
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, is planning to enter the digital books sales market by July 2010, media reports indicate. Such a move would pitch the company against existing players in the market such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Apple. The online sale… Read More
ARL to host Lib-Valu workshop on ROI methods employed by academic libraries - May 5, 2010
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), US, is to hold a Lib-Value workshop on the latest return-on-investment (ROI) methods employed by academic libraries. The workshop will review the methodologies developed and applied to date. It will also seek to help the audience expand its understanding of… Read More
OCLC Research to host webinar on environmental impact of interlibrary loans - May 5, 2010
Library cooperative OCLC, US, has announced plans to host a free webinar on May 6, 2010 on reducing the environmental impact of interlibrary loan operations. In this webinar, OCLC Research programme officer Dennis Massie will discuss findings from a recent OCLC Research-sponsored study of the environmental… Read More
Credo Reference adds titles from Princeton and Purdue university presses - May 5, 2010
Online reference library Credo Reference has announced an agreement to integrate five Princeton University Press titles into the Credo General Reference collection. Princeton University Press publishes approximately 250 academic books each year across various disciplines. Following the latest agreement, Credo users can gain access to the… Read More
