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News Roundup (July 12, 2018)
Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Ex Libris, Funding, Libraries, News, Reports, Roundup
|1. SPARC Europe Embarks on New Research Project Around Funders and Open Incentives and Reward Systems 2. Ontario Council of Libraries (OCUL) Members Select Ex Libris Alma and Primo ||| Statement from OCUL on Selection and Collaborative Futures Initiative 3. 14-Page Affordable Care Act Website Removed from Medicaid.gov (via Sunlight Foundation) 4. Decentralized Information Curation: DIRT Protocol Raises $3M from […]
News Roundup (July 10, 2018)
Data Files, Ex Libris, Interviews, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Open Access, Profiles, Publishing, Roundup
|1. SAGE Publishing Renews with Atypon, Signing 5-Year Online Journal Delivery Contract 2. FOSTER Announces New Open Science Training Courses are Available 3. CBO Provides Cost Estimate for S. 3027 “Modernizing Congressional Reporting Act” of 2018 4. Congress Asks Google, Apple About Smartphone Data Collection (via EPIC) 5. The National Library of Poland Selects Ex Libris Alma and Primo […]
From University of Oklahoma Libraries: Carl Grant, former associate dean for knowledge services and chief technology officer, University of Oklahoma Libraries, has been named interim dean of libraries, effective July 1. He succeeds Rick Luce, who served as dean from July 2012 through June 2018. “I am grateful for the opportunity to lead this respected […]
News Roundup (June 22, 2018)
Data Files, Digital Collections, EBSCO, Ex Libris, Interactive Tools, Jobs, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Reports, Roundup
|1. University of Alabama Teams Up With EBSCO Information Services as an EBSCO FOLIO Beta Partner 2. Drexel University Is First to Join Ex Libris Esploro Early Adopter Program 3. France: APC Data from Five More Couperin Consortium Institutions Now Available 4. Sarah Houghton Appointed Director of the Discovery & Delivery (D2D) Program at the California Digital Library […]
1. Sci-Hub Security Certificates Revoked by Comodo, the World’s Largest Certification Authority (via TorrentFreak) 2. NextGen Google Maps For Business Launches: Introducing Maps Platform 3. Sweden: Swedish Bibsam Consortium, the National Library of Sweden and De Gruyter 4. Wikipedia Co-Founder Rips Into Site at Future Blockchain Summit (via Tahawul Tech) See Also: Wikipedia Co-Founder’s 8,000-Word Essay on how […]
1. State University of New York Selects Ex Libris Alma and Primo Solutions for Libraries on 61 Campuses 2. Consortia Advancing Standards in Research Administration Information (CASRAI) is Now a DuraSpace Project 3. University Library Johann Christian Senckenberg Joins the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), First German Library to Join BHL as an Affiliate 4. Facebook […]
1. New York Times Book Review Introduces New Graphic Novels and Comics Column 2.State Library of Louisiana Announces Winners of 2017-2018 Louisiana Readers’ Choice Awards (Favorite Books of Students in Grades 3-12) 3. Wiley Online Library Migrates to Atypon’s Literatum Platform 4. Cambridge Core Joins the ProQuest OASIS Platform 5. Cayuse Signs Pivot Reseller Agreement with […]
1. Credo Expands Real-time Reference with Addition of Bloomberg QuickTake 2. Salt Lake City Library Marks 120th (via Salt Lake City Tribune) & More Direct from the SLCPL 3. Cleveland Public Library Picks Three Finalists in MLK Branch Design Competition (via Cleveland.com) 4. Cambridge University Libraries Go Live with Ex Libris Alma and Primo Solutions
ALA Midwinter 2018 Company Announcements Roundup
Associations and Organizations, EBSCO, Ex Libris, Libraries, News, Roundup
|We will update this post as we learn about news/announcements coming out of the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Denver. 1. Five Partners Join Ex Libris in Developing New “Esploro” Research Services Platform ||| Esploro Info Page 2. hoopla digital expands children’s eBook collection with prized content from Candlewick Press 3. FOLIO Library Services Platform to Benefit from […]
News Roundup (January 12, 2017)
Awards, Digital Collections, Ex Libris, Interactive Tools, Jobs, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Publishing, Roundup
|1. Om Tide! University of Alabama Libraries Will Begin Hosting a Weekly Yoga Class Next Week (via The Crimson and White) 2. Library of Congress/National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) Awards $3.5 Million Contract for Audio Magazine Narration ||| Statement of Work, List of Titles, and Requirements Doc 3. California Digital Library (CDL) Posts Opening […]