Latest RLI issue features Report of the ARL Task Force on ILL and Document Delivery Practices - May 31, 2011
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published issue 275 of Research Library Issues (RLI). This issue of RLI features the Report of the ARL Task Force on International Interlibrary Loan (ILL) and Document Delivery Practices. The report, affirmed by the ARL Board of Directors… Read More
ARL affirms international interlibrary loan activities for North American libraries - May 30, 2011
Nonprofit organisation Association of Research Libraries (ARL), US, has announced that its board has affirmed that it is the right of North American research libraries to participate in international interlibrary loan (ILL) and document delivery activities. The decision was taken at ARL's spring 2011 meeting. … Read More
ARL and Ascendant Strategy Management Group partner to bring Balanced Scorecard to 10 Libraries - May 26, 2011
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Ascendant Strategy Management Group have agreed to begin development of Balanced Scorecards (BSCs) for a group of 10 libraries. The agreement marks an extension of a partnership between the two organisations that began… Read More
NLM releases digital versions of American medical books from 17th century onwards - May 24, 2011
The US' National Library of Medicine (NLM), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has released 'Medicine in the Americas', a digital resource encompassing over 300 early American printed books. The resource makes freely available original works demonstrating the evolution of American medicine from… Read More
ebrary announces availability of German-language titles for purchase - May 24, 2011
E-books and research technology provider ebrary, US, has announced the availability of about 6,000 German-language titles for purchase in all subject areas, including content from Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, Diplomica, Duncker & Humblodt, Felix Meiner, Georg Olms, VDG Weimer, and other newly signed publishers. The company's German-language… Read More
Newly updated JISC toolkit to help information professionals through different aspects of measuring impact - May 23, 2011
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has announced that a newly updated JISC toolkit will help content creators, publishers and other information professionals understand the reach of their digital assets. They can use the kit to help guide them through different aspects of measuring impact,… Read More
Brazil’s Agricultural Research Corporation adds 470,000 records to WorldCat - May 23, 2011
Computer library service and research organisation OCLC, US, has announced that Brazil's Agricultural Research Corporation, Embrapa, has added more than 470,000 bibliographic records to the OCLC WorldCat database. The database claims to be the world's largest online resource for finding information in libraries. Embrapa's collection,… Read More
Google halts News Archive Project, ProQuest offers support for similar projects - May 23, 2011
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, has stopped digitising old newspapers under its Google News Archive project, according to media reports. In its comment on the move, information technologies provider ProQuest, US, noted that it had been pleased to partner with… Read More
ARL publishes ARL Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics 2008–2009 - May 19, 2011
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the ARL Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics 2008-2009, which presents data that describe collections, expenditures, personnel, and services in 62 medical libraries at ARL member institutions in the US and Canada. In 2008-2009, the reporting health sciences… Read More
Library Copyright Alliance releases statement on copyright reform - May 17, 2011
The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) has released a statement describing the key features copyright reform proposals should include in order to constitute significant improvement over current law for libraries and their users. Interested parties are discussing with renewed vigor the issues of orphan works, mass… Read More
