US agriculture department allots $100 million funding for rural libraries - January 28, 2010
The US’ Secretary of Agriculture has announced the allocation of $100 million in funding for public libraries to provide educational opportunities and improve public services in rural communities. The funding – from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Community Facilities - will be provided… Read More
Elsevier Foundation announces $600,000 in new grants for libraries worldwide - January 15, 2010
The Elsevier Foundation has announced the 2009 grant recipients, committing a total of $600,000 to 12 institutions from around the world to support the work of libraries and scholars in science, technology and medicine. The grant recipients were selected from 250 applicants worldwide for their innovation… Read More
Panel calls on US agencies to develop policies for better public access to research results - January 14, 2010
An expert panel of librarians, library scientists, publishers and university academic leaders has called on US federal agencies that fund research, to develop and implement a more robust scholarly publishing system. The policies ought to ensure free public access to the results of the research they fund ‘as soon as… Read More
ARL, partners receive grant to study value of academic libraries to students, faculty - January 13, 2010
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in collaboration with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Libraries and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), has received a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The funding will be used to study the value of… Read More
JISC funding for Intute service to cease from August 2010 - December 17, 2009
The UK’s Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has announced that funding to the Intute service will cease in its current form from August 1, 2010. JISC and Intute are considering whether limited aspects of the current content could be sustained through different routes perhaps using social… Read More
Chinese Academy of Sciences announces membership agreement with BioMed Central - December 10, 2009
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has announced a membership agreement with open access publisher BioMed Central to cover publication costs for research articles published by researchers at its institutions. CAS has long been a supporter of open access, having signed the Berlin Declaration in 2004.… Read More
JISC launches investment plan for 2009/2010 - November 17, 2009
The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), UK, has launched its investment plan for the academic year 2009/2010. JISC will invest over £7 million to advance the innovative use of digital technologies in UK colleges and universities. Over the next nine months JISC will be investing in… Read More
CambridgeSoft announces investment by Health Evolution Partners and Goldman Sachs - November 17, 2009
Life sciences software provider CambridgeSoft Corporation, US, has announced that it has completed a private equity investment by Health Evolution Partners and a follow-on investment by Goldman Sachs. In connection with the investment, Adam Grossman will represent Health Evolution Partners on the CambridgeSoft Board of Directors.… Read More
Wellcome Trust seeks greater transparency from journals on OA publishing costs - October 21, 2009
The UK’s Wellcome Trust has called for greater transparency among publishers to counter the argument that access fees are being paid twice - once through subscriptions and again through publication fees. The call comes as the Trust announces a further £2 million to fund open access… Read More
NIHR to support publication of research articles in BioMed Central journals - October 14, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has agreed to a membership arrangement with the publisher to support publication of research articles in BioMed Central’s OA journals. The NIHR is part of the Department of Health, which… Read More
