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People in the News 5/28/13

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Library Technology Leader Steven Nielsen Joins Innovative as Vice President of Strategic Accounts

“Innovative Interfaces announced … that Steven P. Nielsen has been named Vice President of Strategic Accounts. Nielsen, who was most recently VP of Product Management at Polaris Library Systems and before that served in a similar capacity at SirsiDynix, brings [...]

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People in the News 5/27/13

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Interim Librarian and Archivist of Canada Named

The Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, today announced that Hervé Déry will be the interim Librarian and Archivist of Canada until an appointment is made…

Since March 2012, Mr. Déry has been the Assistant Deputy Minister and Corporate Secretary, Policy [...]

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SAGE and AERA to launch OA journal; Digital Science introduces “Projects” for scientific researchers; Ingram launches its Life PrintSM program; Libraries in a number of countries test new OCLC record management functionality; British Columbia makes free online textbooks available; Elsevier and Russian Ministry of Education and Science announce 2013 Scopus award winners; and Softlink to [...]

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National Archives marks 150th anniversary of U.S. Colored Troops; IEEE now provides OA option for all peer-reviewed journals; Texas A&M and University of Texas collaborate on joint library facility; Internet Archive to bring TV news footage to the public; Rowman & Littlefield opens direct-to-consumer ebook store; a new digital supplement from American Libraries; and Serials [...]

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GPO Submits FY2014 Budget Request; Blackboard and Vital Source launch etextbook pilot; ARL joins coalition to support NSF Merit Review Process; Elsevier and Hanser announce plastics engineering E-Books collection in Science Direct; A new Pearl S. Buck novel – 40 years after death; and Chrome update includes conversational search interface

GPO Submits [...]

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People in the News 5/23/13

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Peter Suber to Direct Harvard’s Office for Scholarly Communication

“The Harvard Library and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University are pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Suber as director of the Office for Scholarly Communication (OSC), starting July 1, 2013. Suber will [...]

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