MORE POSTS FROM JUNE 2015
News Roundup
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|1. SirsiDynix and Zepheira Announce New Details of Strategic Partnership 2. Digital Public Library of America makes push to serve all 50 states by 2017 with $3.4 million from the Sloan and Knight foundations 3. Baker & Taylor and collectionHQ Extend ESP – Evidence-based Selection Planning – to More Public Libraries 4. Coming in September: […]
From U.S. State Department: Mandated by Congress, the Human Rights Reports help inform U.S. government policy and foreign assistance. They are also a reference for other governments, international institutions, non-governmental organizations, legal professionals, scholars, interested citizens, and journalists. Direct to All Resources (Incl. Global Overview, Country-by-Country Reports) Direct to Key Human Rights Events 2014/Summary Direct […]
New Research Article: “Amplifying the Impact of Open Access: Wikipedia and the Diffusion of Science”
|The following article was posted yesterday on arXiv. An earlier version was presented in May 2015 at the 9th International Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM) in Oxford, UK. Title Amplifying the Impact of Open Access: Wikipedia and the Diffusion of Science Authors Misha Teplitskiy University of Chicago Grace Lu University of Chicago Eamon […]
Just in From Amazon.com: Amazon today announced a new Kindle sharing experience that makes it simple for people to have conversations about great books–using the mobile messaging apps and even with people who have never used Kindle before. Kindle readers could already share quotes and recommendations with all their friends on Facebook or Twitter, and […]
BiblioBoard and Minitex Partner on Minnesota-Based Independent Publisher E-Collection
Academic Libraries, Libraries, Public Libraries, Publishing, Roundup, Special Libraries
|BiblioBoard’s new multi-year partnership with Minitex (a network of academic, public, state government, and special libraries in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota) was announced in a media release from the company earlier today. The Minitex independent publisher e-collection (books and other materials by area authors) will be the fourth statewide ebook project that BiblioBoard. […]
ARL Signs Onto TOP Guidelines to Improve Research and Publishing Practices
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Libraries, Open Access, Public Libraries, Publishing, Resources
|From an Announcement Posted on the ARL Web Site by Judy Ruttenberg (Association of Research Libraries) and Sara Bowman (Center for Open Science): Today in Science, the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Committee has published the TOP Guidelines, a set of author guidelines that journals can adopt to enhance the transparency of the research they […]
News Roundup
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|1. Credo Survey: Faculty Teach Information Literacy in Response to Lack of Student Skills 2. hoopla Adds Material from DC Comics 3. Scribd Acquires Librify (via PW) 4. FollettNow Exclusive Distributor of Playaway Launchpad 5. OverDrive to Present the Future of eBook Lending at National Library Conference 6. Boopsie Launches “Top 20 Books” Channel on […]
EBSCO and Ex Libris Announce Collaboration Agreement
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|From Today’s Joint Announcement: Ex Libris and EBSCO Information Systems are pleased to announce an agreement to streamline libraries’ acquisition processes and optimize the experience of library patrons who are using Ex Libris solutions to access full-text content hosted on the EBSCOhost platform. The two companies have committed to expanding their collaboration to other areas as […]
From the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN): Successful conservation action has boosted the populations of the Iberian Lynx and the Guadalupe Fur Seal, while the African Golden Cat, the New Zealand Sea Lion and the Lion are facing increasing threats to their survival, according to the latest update of The IUCN Red List […]
From the New South Wales State Library: The State Library of NSW’s collection has just been valued at $3.15 billion [$2.32 Billion/USD], highlighting its reputation as the most valuable library collection in Australia and among the most valuable in the world. NSW Deputy Premier and Minister for the Arts, Troy Grant said this latest valuation, […]