ORCID announces project partners for the ORCID A&I Program - October 2, 2013
ORCID, a non-profit organisation that provides an open registry of unique identifiers for researchers, has announced the nine project partners who will be participating in the ORCID Adoption and Integration (A&I) Program. The ORCID A&I Program provides external funding for North American universities and science and… Read More
Jisc proposes refinements to funding model - September 13, 2013
Jisc is writing to UK universities to outline proposed refinements to the organisation's funding model. Since the publication of Sir Alan Wilson's review of Jisc in February 2011 it has enhanced its integration with the sector to deliver products and services developed around its needs.… Read More
HathiTrust Research Center awarded Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant for WCSA project - August 26, 2013
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $437,000 grant to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in partnership with Indiana University for a new project in the HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC). The 'Workset Creation for Scholarly Analysis: Prototyping Project' (WCSA) will be directed by HTRC… Read More
SAGE announces winners of SAGE sponsored ARL attendance grant for IFLA Congress 2013 - July 9, 2013
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the three recipients of the co-sponsored Academic and Research Libraries Section (ARL) attendance grant for the annual IFLA World Library and Information Congress (IFLA WLIC). Joseph A. Semugabi, Librarian at the Law Development Centre, Uganda; Sasekea Harris, Academic Librarian at… Read More
SAGE announces winner of 2013 ALPSP travel grant - July 5, 2013
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the recipient of their 2013 library travel grant for the ALPSP International Conference. Penny Andrews, Library Graduate Trainee at Leeds Metropolitan University won by answering 'what would be your top tip to give students about conducting research.' Penny was chosen… Read More
ORCID awarded Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant to support university and professional society integration of persistent identifiers - June 17, 2013
ORCID, a non-profit organisation that provides an open registry of unique identifiers for researchers, has announced a new project aimed at encouraging the adoption and integration of persistent researcher identifiers by research universities and scientific and social science professional associations. Funded by the Alfred P.… Read More
Scientists call for more funding in science to keep Britain competitive - June 7, 2013
Scientists have warned that the economy will be damaged without more support for British research and development. According to a Royal Society of Chemistry report, to be presented at a House of Commons event, there is growing evidence to suggest that the UK science base is… Read More
UK’s four national academies respond to Government consultation on science and research funding - May 21, 2013
The Presidents of the Academy of Medical Sciences, the British Academy, the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering have responded jointly in a letter to the Government’s consultation on strategic priorities for science and research funding. The letter follows on from a recent joint… Read More
AAP commends California Governor’s funding proposal for Common Core implementation - May 20, 2013
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has commended California Governor Jerry Brown's proposal for $1 billion in state funding to implement Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The move is seen to be a critical step forward in strengthening California's support of its students. The proposal,… Read More
Mellon Grant awarded to NISO to encode e-resource license templates in ONIX-PL - April 19, 2013
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) a grant to support the encoding of a collection of template licences for e-resources into the ONIX for Publications Licenses (ONIX-PL) format. The encodings will be deposited into the GOKb and KB+ knowledgebase… Read More
