Building on three years of successful coprogramming, the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) and the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) will again co‐host The Changing Standards Landscape on June 25, 2010 from 12:30 PM to 4:00 PM, directly prior to the American Library Association’s Annual Conference in Washington, DC. This year’s free, half‐day program will [...]
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Europeana welcomes a report from the European Parliament’s Culture and Education Committee, calling for more content and a sustainable funding solution. The report, which was unanimously approved by the Committee in a meeting on February 22 and 23, urges governments and cultural institutions to work together to speed up digitisation of their cultural heritage. It suggests [...] The Frick Collection is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Stephen J. Bury to the post of Andrew W. Mellon Chief Librarian at the Frick Art Reference Library. For the past ten years, he has been at the British Library, the national library of the United Kingdom, and one of the world’s greatest research [...] The Johns Hopkins University Press (JHUP) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dean Smith as Director, Project MUSE. Smith will lead the Press’ flagship electronic scholarly journals publishing program beginning March 10, 2010. Project MUSE’s innovative and collaborative approach to online publishing offers a fair and sustainable model for both libraries and publishers, and [...] Ingram Marketing Group Inc., the marketing and advertising agency of Ingram, today announced the launch of PubLinkSM, a specialized software/CRM tool that gives publishers a robust and flexible platform to manage, track and deliver product catalogs and galleys in both print and electronic formats. The powerful functionality of Ingram’s PubLink allows publishers to store and manage [...] Author Solutions (ASI), the world leader in indie book publishing, announced today a distribution deal with Scribd – the world’s largest social publishing company. Under terms of the agreement, all new ASI titles published through the AuthorHouse, iUniverse, Trafford Publishing, and Xlibris imprints will be made available for purchase. As well, a portion of ASI’s backlist [...] The SLA Nominating Committee has identified ten candidates for election to the 2011 SLA Board of Directors. The committee is responsible for soliciting names of potential candidates from the membership and putting together a slate of candidates that has exceptional talent, is professionally diverse, and provides regionally balanced representation. Members will have several opportunities to hear [...]
Percival and Huxley
Percival and Huxley Want to write a textbook? Just take one that’s already written and customize it for your class or even for yourself. See this article in today’s New York Times – “Textbooks That Professors Can Rewrite Digitally,” by Motoko Rich. Reportedly, in August, Macmillan will introduce software called Dynamic Books which will allow professors to make [...] Hindawi is pleased to announce the launch of Economics Research International, Hindawi’s first open access journal in the social sciences. The journal will publish research and review articles in all areas of economics, and highlight key areas of research through the development of topic-oriented Special Issues. The journal is led by a diverse and international [...] The submission deadline at 01-MAR-2010 is approaching. (Only two weekends away!) You’ll find the full Call-for-Papers and the entry point to the submission process at: http://or2010.fecyt.es/Publico/Call/ Open Repositories 2010 — “The Grand Integration Challenge” Repositories have been successfully established — within and across institutions — as a major source of digital information in a variety of environments such [...] Please join us for an e-forum discussion. It’s free and open to everyone! Registration information is at the end of the message. “Public Librarians in Technical Services” MetaPress®, the world’s largest primary hosting service for scientific, technical and medical content, announces the latest publishers to launch their electronic content management and hosting services via the MetaPress platform: American Real Estate Society (ARES) For more information, please contact: Michael Margotta Kari Parker Oxford Journals, a division of Oxford University Press, has announced two new publishing partnerships with the Quarterly Journal of Economics (QJE), on behalf of Harvard University, and The Review of Economic Studies (REStud), on behalf of Review of Economic Studies Ltd. QJE and REStud are two of the oldest and most prestigious journals in economics and [...] |
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