SCOAP3 Open Access Publishing Initiative to Launch January 1
image © CERN, credit Lucas Taylor Under the leadership of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, partners in 24 countries are participating in the largest-scale global open access initiative...
ARL Career Enhancement Program 2014 Fellows Selected
image © CollegeDegrees360 The ARL Career Enhancement Program (CEP) Coordinating Committee has selected 13 fellows to participate in this competitive fellowship program. The Career Enhancement Program, funded by the Institute...
GSU Copyright Case: Post-Argument Panel to Be Held, Webcast Nov. 19
GSU Library image © Jason Puckett In 2012, the North Georgia District Court ruled largely in favor of Georgia State University (GSU) in the ongoing copyright lawsuit initiated by Cambridge...
Library Publishing Coalition Releases First Edition of Directory
The new Library Publishing Directory provides a snapshot of the publishing activities of 115 academic and research libraries (primarily in North America), including information about the number and types of...
SCOAP3 Deadline for Participation Drawing Near
SCOAP3 The SCOAP3 model is built on redirecting funds currently used to pay for subscriptions to participating journals to support their conversion to open access, as well as to cover...
Career Enhancement Program Application Deadline Extended
Career Enhancement Program fellows 2013, photo by Molly Magee The application deadline for the 2014 ARL Career Enhancement Program has been extended to Wednesday, October 30, 2013. Master of library...
COUNTER Offers Travel Awards to Promote International Collaboration
image © Ahmad Hashim COUNTER (Counting Online Usage of Networked Electronic Resources)—an international initiative serving librarians, publishers, and intermediaries by setting standards that facilitate the recording and reporting of online...
Career Enhancement Program Call for Applications: Deadline October 15
Career Enhancement Program fellows 2013, photo by Molly Magee ARL is now accepting applications for the ARL Career Enhancement Program for 2014. Master of library and information science (MLIS) students...
Infographic Shows Good News about Library Fair Use
Today ARL, American University’s (AU) Washington College of Law, and AU’s School of Communication released a new infographic that tells the story of library fair use and the Code of...
Library Value in the Developing World: Report Published by SAGE
image © Book Aid International Raising awareness of how the library supports teaching and research staff is key to demonstrating librarian value in developing countries, concludes a new SAGE report...
