News Roundup (May 8, 2018)
1. ‘Big Deal’ Cancellations Gain Momentum (by Lindsay McKenzie, Inside Higher Ed)
2. National Library of Medicine Launches a Redesigned Learning Resources Database
3. Hypothesis, Center for Open Science, SPARC, Collaborative Knowledge Foundation ITHAKA S+R, ORCID, Crossref & Others Supporting Effort to Develop a Joint Roadmap for Open Science Tools
Hat Tip: @hypothesis
4. University of Cincinnati Libraries Joins HathiTrust
Note: Last week we posted that the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has also joined HathiTrust.
5. State Library of Iowa Joins “Edge” from Urban Libraries Council; Will Make the Management and Leadership Tool Available to All of Iowa’s Public Library Systems
6. Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries Acquires Thirteen Millionth Printed Item
7. Medical Services and Warfare Digitization Project Completed in Partnership with Adam Matthew Digital (via NLM)
8. Springer Nature Cancels Frankfurt Stock Market Listing (via Reuters) ||| Full Text News Release
Filed under: Digital Preservation, Libraries, Management and Leadership, National Libraries, News, Open Access, Public Libraries, Roundup
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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