Todays’ menu: EBSCO offers a subscription eBook collection; FRPAA opposed by journal publishers; and OCUL wins technical innovation award.
EBSCO Publishing Releases First eBook Subscription Offering -eBook Academic Subscription Collection
“EBSCO Publishing has released its first subscription eBook collection. eBook Academic Subscription Collection™ supplies full-text eBooks covering a broad spectrum of academic subjects from business to science and engineering to the humanities. Nearly 70,000 titles are included in eBook Academic Subscription Collection…”
Journal Publishers Oppose Bill That Would Require Access to Published Research
“Eighty-one publishers of scholarly journals today expressed their strong opposition to the proposed Federal Research Public Access Act, or FRPAA. The bill, introduced as HR 4004 in the U.S. House of Representatives and as S 2096 in the Senate, would require the results of federally supported research be made public within six months of publication… The Association of American Publishers… along with an advocacy group called the DC Principles Coalition, sent letters to Congress on behalf of the journal publishers who oppose the legislation.”
OCUL Wins the 2012 OLITA Award for Technical Innovation
“The Ontario Council of University Libraries’ (OCUL) geospatial data platform Scholars GeoPortal was awarded this year’s Ontario Library and Information Technology Association (OLITA) Award for Technical Innovation. This award, sponsored by OCLC Canada, supports technical innovation in libraries…”
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