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Library Copyright Alliance Submits Statement to House Committee Regarding Copyright and Innovation
Yesterday, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted a statement on the role of copyright in innovation (PDF) to the US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary. The committee has been...
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Open Access Week 2013 to Kick Off Oct. 21
SPARC and the World Bank have announced that they will cosponsor the kick-off event for Open Access Week 2013 on Monday, October 21, in Washington, DC. The live event will...
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SPARC Innovator Award Honors Creators of Declaration on Research Assessment
On July 22, SPARC recognized the creators of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA)—which calls for an improvement in the way the output of scientific research is evaluated—with...
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Clifford Lynch Presents Keynote at JCDL 2013
Video of CNI executive director Clifford Lynch's opening keynote from JCDL 2013, the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, is available online. In his talk, Lynch speculates about the future of...
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Library Publishing Coalition Debuts New Website
The Library Publishing Coalition (LPC)—a library led, two-year initiative to advance the field of library publishing—has launched its new website at http://www.librarypublishing.org/. Current LPC activities include development of a Shared...
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Assessing Library Value Explored at ACRL Conference 2013
The ACRL Value of Academic Libraries blog notes that several papers and posters on library value assessment were presented at the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Conference in...
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Ohio State Appoints Carol Pitts Diedrichs Vice Provost
Carol Pitts Diedrichs has been named to the newly created position of vice provost and director of university libraries at Ohio State University (OSU), effective July 1, 2013. Diedrichs has...
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LibValue Project Featured in EBLIP Journal
An overview of the LibValue project and related ideas are eloquently summarized by Carol Tenopir, LibValue principal investigator, in “Building Evidence of the Value and Impact of Library and Information...
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Super Wi-Fi Pilot Issues Call for Participants
Gigabit Libraries Network (GLN) has announced a call for US public libraries to join a national Super Wi-Fi Pilot project. Super Wi-Fi, also known as TV white space, has advantages...
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NEH Evaluates Impact of Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Program
Last month the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access released a report on Humanities Collections and Reference Resources: An Evaluation 2000–2010. Projects from a number...