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by rheyer Posted on March 29, 2016
Major research library organisations meet to discuss international collaboration
The first joint meeting of five of the world’s most prominent academic and research library organisations took place at the British Library in London on March 8, 2016, ahead of the Research Libraries UK Conference. The meeting gathered together the elected leaders and executive directors of the Association of Research Libraries (US and Canada), the Canadian Association of Research Libraries/Association des Bibliothèques de Recherche du Canada, the Council of Australian University Librarians, Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche/Association of European Research Libraries and Research Libraries UK.
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Library Journal and NoveList announce LibraryAware Community Award recipients
Three communities are recipients of the 2016 LibraryAware Community Award given by Library Journal and underwritten by LibraryAwareTM, a product of the NoveList division of EBSCO Information Services. The Louisville Free Public Library in Kentucky was the first place recipient; the Brooklyn Public Library, New York Public Library and the Queens Public Library entered jointly and took second place; and the third place went to Cranston Public Library in Rhode Island.
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OCLC Research names Dr. Rebecca Bryant as Senior Program Officer
OCLC Research has announced the appointment of Dr. Rebecca Bryant as a Senior Program Officer in June. In this position, Rebecca will lead and develop areas for the OCLC Research Library Partnership and for OCLC Research related to research information management, contributing to the thematic focus on Research Collections and Support.
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Wellcome Trust criticises publishers over failure to deposit papers in the right OA repository and properly attribute them with a creative commons licence
The Wellcome Trust has reportedly warned big publishers that it could refuse to provide researchers with funds to publish in certain types of their journals unless they improve their service and lower their costs. Publishers Elsevier and Wiley have been singled out as often failing to put papers in the right open access repository and appropriately attribute them with a creative commons licence.
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A&A Journal and EDP Sciences launch Writing Studio to support authors
Astronomy and Astrophysics (A&A) Journal and EDP Sciences, have announced the launch of Writing Studio, a unique collaborative writing LaTex solution designed to simplify the process of writing an article collaboratively on a single version of a paper. Reinforcing an open-source strategy, EDP Sciences has chosen the Open Source ShareLateX to develop this new service.
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Universidad de San Marcos selects SirsiDynix Symphony
Library automation solutions provider SirsiDynix has announced that the Universidad de San Marcos has joined the family of SirsiDynix customers. Universidad de San Marcos recently selected a local install of SirsiDynix Symphony, as well as several BLUEcloud products, after a competitive bid among the industry’s top vendors. The bid successfully concluded with a multi-year contract awarded to SirsiDynix.
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