Harvard Library Lab to fund first round of new tech projects - March 14, 2011
The Harvard Library Lab has announced its first ten projects, based on proposals submitted between August and December 2010. Among the proposals backed in the first round are Highbrow, a tool that would allow for easier viewing and analysis of annotations in scholarly texts; and Deposit@Harvard,… Read More
Nigerian research community anxious over govt.’s planned scientific budget cut - March 9, 2011
Members of Nigeria's scientific community have reportedly expressed concern over the Nigerian government's announcement at the end of last year that it would be slashing scientific funding in its next budget. Just the previous year, ministers had promised that 2011-2020 would be the decade of science for Africa. A budget… Read More
RSC President calls UK government’s protection of science ‘a myth’ - March 7, 2011
The belief that science in the UK is being protected has been exposed as a myth, according to Prof. David Phillips, President of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). The science sector's teaching funding had been slashed by almost 75 percent, research cut by more than… Read More
BBSRC, EMBL-EBI welcome UK funding for ELIXIR project - February 15, 2011
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) welcome news that funding has been earmarked from the UK's Large Facilities Capital Fund for ELIXIR (European Life-science Infrastructure for Biological Information). ELIXIR… Read More
Four libraries selected to receive in-kind grants from LibQUAL+ for participation in 2011 survey - February 11, 2011
LibQUAL+ has announced that four libraries have been selected to receive in-kind grants to facilitate their participation in the 2011 LibQUAL+ survey. LibQUAL+ is a suite of services that libraries use to solicit, track, understand and act upon users' opinions of service quality. These services are offered to the library… Read More
JISC unveils shared services in cloud computing under new programme for universities - February 8, 2011
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has announced a new programme that seeks to support colleges and universities in the innovative use of digital technologies, using shared services in cloud computing infrastructure and applications. The programme will start in March 2011 and finish in March… Read More
Capital funding cut to hit UK university science departments hard, says RSC - February 7, 2011
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has expressed concern over the decision of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) to slash more than 66 percent from capital funding in science during the next academic year. The move will act as a ticking time-bomb for… Read More
NPG expands support for Creative Commons - January 12, 2011
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, and Creative Commons have announced an ongoing agreement to support the work of Creative Commons (CC). NPG has pledged an annual donation to CC. This will be equivalent to $20 for every article processing charge… Read More
Large cut to capital budget may damage UK’s science research, says RSC director - December 22, 2010
Prof. Jim Iley, director of science and education at the UK's Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), has said that a large cut to the capital budget could damage science research. According to him, given the financial climate, the funding settlement - particularly in terms of the… Read More
Elsevier Foundation announces 2010 grants for libraries in developing nations - December 17, 2010
The Elsevier Foundation has announced the 2010 recipients of grants under its Innovative Libraries in Developing Countries programme, committing over $300,000 to support the work of libraries in developing countries. The 2010 grant recipients were selected from 260 proposals worldwide for their innovation and potential for… Read More
