First pan-European university MOOCs launch
Partners in 11 countries have joined forces to launch the first pan-European MOOCs (massive open online courses) initiative
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UKSG and Jisc collaborate on new research study
UKSG and Jisc are inviting tenders for a research study assessing the impact of library discovery technology on electronic content usage in the scholarly…
EBSCO Discovery Service chosen for Stockholm University
Sweden's Stockholm University has selected EBSCO Discovery Service as its new custom discovery solution
Ryerson University Library wins Canadian technology prize
Ryerson University Library, Canada wins the CLA/OCLC Award for Innovation Technology for its RULA Book Finder application
eBooks on Demand project is chosen for ALA prize
The eBooks on Demand project is one of three projects selected to receive the 2013 American Library Association Presidential Citation for Innovative International Library…
Grant helps diversify recruitment to archives and special collections profession
New US scholarship programme aims to attract underrepresented racial and ethnic groups to archival science and special collections librarianship
Canadian organisation queries use of copyright on educational material
Canada's writers and publishers are taking a stand against what they describe as damaging interpretations of fair dealing by the education sector
Irish initiative to open archives of national broadcaster
Industry leaders in Ireland have announced a collaboration to develop an cross-archival semantic content discovery platform to open up the archives of RTE, Ireland's…
SAGE’s Beijing office becomes wholly foreign owned enterprise
SAGE sets up Asia Pacific office as wholly foreign owned enterprise (WFOE) in China
The Book Industry Study Group picks CoreSource platform
The Book Industry Study Group, a USA-based trade association representing the book supply chain, has selected Ingram Content Group's CoreSource platform to manage digital…
Ingram collaborates with EBL to add more e-books to OASIS
Ingram Content Group and EBL - Ebook Library have announced an agreement that will allow libraries to search and purchase EBL e-book content on…
Team provides scholarly information training in Turkey
ACCUCOMS has established a team in Turkey to train end users of scholarly publications