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News and Announcements 12/15/11

cgoldsmith — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:49:14 +0000

Springer’s API challenge; a new app from LexisNexis; a new platform for ASM; and the launch of ChemPlusChem.

“Springer announces the Springer API (Application Programming Interface) Challenge 2.0, its second competition for original, non-commercial applications using its freely available metadata and content APIs. The Springer API Challenge [...]

New partnership between Atex and Zissor to revolutionise the publishing industry

cgoldsmith — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:03:29 +0000

A partnership announced today between two global businesses, is set to revolutionise the publishing industry, as media companies will be offered a second opportunity to monetise content.

Atex, a global software solutions provider for media-rich industries, is strengthening its position as market leader by teaming up with Zissor, a world-leading supplier of end-to-end solutions for [...]

News & Announcements 11/28/11

cgoldsmith — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:45:13 +0000

Researchers Recognized for Outstanding Scholarship in the Fourth Annual InfoSci®-Journals Excellence in Research Awards

In the mechanics of publishing, there are two main parts; one is the content itself and the other is the author. Recognizing the scholar behind the content is just as important as the material itself. For the fourth year, IGI [...]

Job Bank 11/16/11

cgoldsmith — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:42:28 +0000

Continuing Resources Librarian-Florida International University

The Florida International University Libraries are looking for a Continuing Resources Librarian to help lead the way as our Serials Unit continues to evolve in the area of serials and other continuing resources management. This supervisory position will provide direction and coordination in the acquisition, access, tracking, assessment, and de-selection [...]

News & Announcements 11/16/11

cgoldsmith — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:37:54 +0000

Robert Karmelich promoted to Swets Vice President of US Sales

Swets is proud to announce the promotion of Robert Karmelich to Vice President of Sales for the United States, a reflection of the company’s commitment to build and maintain a strong and dynamic management team by recognizing leadership within the organization that can [...]

Conferences & Meetings 11/14/11

cgoldsmith — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:27:36 +0000

Social, Mobile, Agile, Global: Are you ready?

The SSP 34th Annual Meeting will be held at the Marriott Crystal Gateway in Arlington, Virginia, May 30th to June 1st, 2012. It will feature all aspects of the conference theme: Social Mobile, Agile, Global: Are You Ready?

The Call for Proposals is open now through [...]

News & Announcements 11/14/11

cgoldsmith — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:18:29 +0000

Ohio Libraries Achieve New Heights in Resource Sharing

OhioLINK and SearchOhio Partnership Greatly Expands Patron Access to Materials

The OhioLINK and SearchOhio consortia have launched a major new initiative that takes their already unprecedented levels of resource-sharing to new heights. The 109 public and academic libraries, representing a combined collection of over 60 million items, [...]

News & Announcements 11/08/11

cgoldsmith — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:46:02 +0000

NAACP Archives Go Digital

ProQuest delivers the most acclaimed record of the U.S. civil rights movement to an online world

ProQuest, an information firm central to global research, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) are teaming to digitize the association’s archives, bringing one of the most famous records of the [...]

Job Bank 11/07/11

cgoldsmith — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:40:01 +0000

Electronic Resources Librarian & Assistant Professor

The University of Mississippi Libraries seeks an Electronic Resources Librarian with energy and initiative to provide leadership and effective management for the libraries’ electronic resources. Working in a team environment, the incumbent will be responsible for leading library-wide efforts to optimize technologies designed to help publicize the libraries’ collections, [...]

Conferences & Meetings 11/07/11

cgoldsmith — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:35:49 +0000

27th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC 2011)

Buena Vista Palace Hotel & Spa in the Walt Disney World Resort, Florida, USA
5-9 December 2011
http://www.acsac.org

News & Announcements 11/07/11

cgoldsmith — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:50:55 +0000

Amazon Introduces Lending Library For Kindles

Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday that it is starting a lending library for Kindle owners, letting them borrow one electronic book per month.

Borrowers have to subscribe to Amazon’s Prime service, which provides free two-day shipping and streaming movies for $79 per year.

Amazon says the library has more [...]

News & Announcements 10/29/11

cgoldsmith — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:23:05 +0000

Copyright Clearance Center Distributes More Than $170 Million to Rightsholders in FY’11, Reaching $1.3 Billion over Ten Years

Rights Licensing Experts Disseminate More Than $170 million to Rightsholders in FY11

Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a not-for-profit organization and leading provider of licensing solutions, announced a record royalty payment of $171.1 million to rightsholders [...]

Conferences and Meetings 10/28/11

cgoldsmith — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:22:04 +0000

World Library and Information Congress : 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly 11-17 August 2012, Helsinki, Finland

IFLA Acquisitions & Collection Development Section is calling for papers for this year’s upcoming Congress on the theme “Treating Print in an Increasing Digital Collection: Issues, Dilemmas & Directions” The sponsors admit that reader preferences indicate “a [...]

News & Announcements 10/28/11

cgoldsmith — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:20:18 +0000

Commission’s Recommendation on Digitisation and Digital Preservation

The European Commission has just adopted a Recommendation on Digitisation and Digital Preservation, asking Member States to step up their efforts, pool their resources and involve private actors in digitising cultural material and making it available through Europeana…The Recommendation is an update of a first recommendation adopted [...]

News & Announcements 10/27/11

cgoldsmith — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:08:42 +0000

DCL and Gale Partner for eContent

In an obvious move away from the current practice of licensing ebooks, Douglas County Libraries and Gale/Cengage Learning have signed an agreement “allowing for library purchase of Gale eBooks effectively replicating the model by which libraries purchase print materials and applying it to electronic content.” According [...]

Conferences & Meetings 10/26/11

cgoldsmith — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:44:07 +0000

TENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE HUMANITIES Centre Mont-Royal, Montreal, Canada
14-17 June 2012
http://thehumanities.com/conference/

We are pleased to announce the Call-for-Papers for the Tenth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities. The conference and its companion journal provide vibrant, intellectually stimulating spaces for scholars from all geographic and [...]

News & Announcements 10/26/11

cgoldsmith — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:39:53 +0000

HighWire Press Partners with TEMIS to Semantically Enrich Publishers’ Content

This strategic agreement between two leaders enables HighWire to offer superb discoverability and productization to its customers in the highest quality semantically-enabled open publishing platform.

HighWire Press, the industry leader in the provision of high quality hosting and web publishing platforms to scholarly publishers around [...]

Conferences & Meetings 10/24/11

cgoldsmith — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:07:17 +0000

New Discovery Tools: Moving Beyond Traditional Online – NISO

NISO’s November webinar, New Discovery Tools: Moving Beyond Traditional Online Catalogs-to be held on November 9, 2011 from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.-will explore the areas of the discovery platform marketplace, selection and implementation strategies, and usability. Topics include:

*A Web Scale Discovery Refresher – Athena [...]

News & Announcements 10/25/11

cgoldsmith — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:09:17 +0000

EBSCOhost Updates Coming Soon

Subscribers to EBSCOhost may be interested in knowing that EBSCO hopes to enhance the users’ search experiences with “several new … features” including:

· Other Formats and Editions

· Real Time News

· Citation Format Updates

· New User Interface Languages

· Android App Update

· NoveList Enhancements

NISO [...]

News & Announcements 10/24/11

cgoldsmith — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:47:00 +0000

More databases and collections added to WorldCat Local

WorldCat Local now offers access to more than 865 million items. OCLC has added more databases and signed agreements with leading publishers and other providers to add more content and collections to WorldCat Local, the OCLC discovery and delivery service that offers users integrated access [...]