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Two New Reports From UK: The Benefits to the Private Sector of Open Access to Higher Education and Scholarly Research & Open Access Fees Report
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Open Access, Publishing, Reports, School Libraries, Video Recordings
|Title: The Benefits to the Private Sector of Open Access to Higher Education and Scholarly Research (52 pages; PDF) Authors: Dr. David Parsons, Dick Willis and Dr. Jane Holland and Title: Open Access Fees Report Commissioned by Open Access Implementation Group From a Summary: JISC welcomes the UK Open Access Implementation Group’s (OAIG) reports and […]
UPDATE: CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professional) Response to the Brent Libraries Judicial Review and Full Text of Court Judgement (PDF) From The Telegraph: Residents of Brent, backed by some of Britain’s biggest authors, sought a judicial review after their local council announced plans to shut half of the borough’s 12 public libraries […]
By Philip Jones Source: The Bookseller From the Article: Google eBooks has launched its e-bookstore in the UK. [Clip] Google said it had hundreds of thousands of commercially available books to buy at launch, in addition to two million public-domain e-books. Google eBooks are stored in an online library and accessible across devices including laptops, […]
Congrats on reaching the milestone AND the new web site. Direct to DigitalNZ’s New Updated Web Site See Also: DigitalNZ website has been updated (via DigitalNZ Blog) From September 27, 2011 In in Other Digitisation News From New Zealand: Launched! British Parliamentary Papers. Colonies: New Zealand (via DigitalNZ Blog) Well done and kudos to the […]
Summary from the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) Web Site: This guide outlines the process of developing a data management and sharing plan. Planning for the effective creation, management and sharing of your data enables you to get the most out of your research. The guide outlines UK funder expectations for data management and sharing plans […]
From The Guardian: The store has been built on a nuclear bunker site deep in the Warwickshire countryside and will be capable of holding more than 450,000 cans of the nation’s film – everything from Hitchcock to Ealing to Carry On. Robin Baker, head curator of the BFI national archive, said it was an important […]
From the BBC: Fewer than 50% of UK children aged eight to 17 read a novel outside class every month, research suggests. The National Literacy Trust survey of about 18,000 school children suggests youngsters are more likely to read text messages and emails than fiction. Most children (28.9%) estimated they had between 11 and 50 […]
From the BBC: The major social networks have been called to the home office next Thursday to discuss the English riots. So far only Facebook has confirmed its attendance, although Blackberry has suggested it will also be there. Facebook, Twitter and Blackberry have all been criticised after it emerged that some rioters may have used […]
New Report About Public Libraries In the UK: "Report on Future Libraries"
Archives and Special Collections, Libraries, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries
|The report focuses on public libraries in the UK. Title: Report on Future Libraries: Change, options and how to get there (36 pages; PDF) Sources: Local Government Group and the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council From a Summary: The publication, ‘Future Libraries: Change, options and how to get there’, comes one year after the launch […]
UK Government Pledges Copyright Reform, Reactions From the Library and Publishing Communities
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Libraries, News, Publishing
|From Ars Technica: The British government today pledged (PDF) to enact significant changes to copyright law, including orphan works reforms and the introduction of new copyright exceptions. And the tone of the comments was surprising: the government agrees that “copyright currently over-regulates to the detriment of the UK.” CD (and perhaps DVD) ripping for personal […]