Wellcome Library launches digitisation project for free online access to collections - August 24, 2010
The Wellcome Library has announced the launch of a digitisation project to provide free, online access to its collections, including archives and scientific papers from Nobel laureates Francis Crick, Fred Sanger and Peter Medawar. The creation of the Wellcome Digital Library is expected to throw open… Read More
New WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway unveiled for better visibility of digital content - August 13, 2010
Library cooperative OCLC has announced that repository managers from libraries, museums, archives and other cultural heritage and research institutions can now contribute metadata records for digital materials to WorldCat using the enhanced WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway. The tool is projected to increase the visibility and accessibility… Read More
University Library of Southern Denmark selects SirsiDynix Symphony - August 13, 2010
Library technology solutions provider SirsiDynix, US, has announced that the University Library of Southern Denmark (Syddansk Universitetsbibliotek or SDUB) is now using SirsiDynix Symphony to serve its diverse community needs. The library is used by students and researchers at the University of Southern Denmark as well… Read More
ARL Board of Directors endorse large-scale digitisation principles - August 5, 2010
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Board of Directors have unanimously voted to endorse a set of nine principles to guide vendor/publisher relations in large-scale digitisation projects of special collections materials, recommended by its Transforming Special Collections in the Digital Age Working Group. The Board's vote… Read More
Stanford’s Engineering Library shifts to new site, opts for more e-books - August 3, 2010
Stanford's Engineering Library has moved from the Terman Engineering Center to the new Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center. The shift is seen to mark the forefront of a movement toward the 'bookless library'. The new 'bookless' Engineering Library at Stanford University - that opened August 2, 2010… Read More
ARL publishes Special Collections Engagement, SPEC Kit 317 - August 3, 2010
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced the publication of Special Collections Engagement, SPEC Kit 317, which examines exhibits, events, instruction, and other activities that are targeted to engage students, faculty, and other scholars/researchers with special collections for research and education. Further, it investigates who… Read More
ETD Project to allow doctoral candidates to submit work via Western’s digital library repository - August 2, 2010
Doctoral candidates at the University of Western Ontario have a new option for submitting theses and dissertations for examination that will make their research available to scholars worldwide. Beginning August 1, 2010, the Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) Project allows Western's PhD candidates to submit their… Read More
Free access to APS online journals in US public libraries - July 30, 2010
The American Physical Society (APS) has announced a new public access initiative that will give readers and researchers in public libraries in the US full use of all online APS journals, from the most recent articles back to the first issue in 1893. The collection includes… Read More
SkyRiver Technology files antitrust suit against OCLC - July 30, 2010
Cataloging services provider SkyRiver Technology Solutions, US, has announced that it has filed a lawsuit in a federal court in San Francisco against library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US. The suit alleges that OCLC, a purported non-profit with a membership of 72,000 libraries… Read More
ebrary adds more than 800 e-books to Public Library Complete - July 28, 2010
Digital content products and technologies provider ebrary, US, has announced that it has enhanced its Public Library Complete Pilot Program with more than 800 e-books from AMACOM, Ballantine Books, Bantam Books, Chelsea House, Global Media, and other leading publishers. Public Library Complete now includes a growing… Read More
