A round-up of all the news you may have missed including: Elsevier launches Biology Research Network; T&F partner with The Conversation Africa; new case study collection from Emerald; JoVE adds physics; Webcomics and Webcultures archives from the Library of Congress; UK's national sculpture collection to be catalogued - and more.
Posted 25 June 2017
The UK electronic information Group (UKeiG) is seeking 2017 nominations for this prestigious award.
Posted 21 June 2017
For two weeks libraries will enjoy unfettered digital access the first book in the series.
Posted 21 June 2017
Collection covers over 20 years of creative work and includes Monty Python notebooks.
Posted 13 June 2017
30 years of festival recordings and other materials donated.
Posted 9 June 2017
Tool focuses on supporting the entire research lifecycle to generate maximum value.
Posted 8 June 2017
One step towards an African digital library.
Posted 30 May 2017
First case of its kind finds someone legally liabable for liking, rather than posting, content.
Posted 30 May 2017
Largest release of digital records in Library of Congress history.
Posted 30 May 2017
City of Stories and Spread the Word hope to inspire Londoners.
Posted 30 May 2017
Many Americans do not feel they are at risk from cyberattacks.
Posted 29 May 2017
United Nations Digital Library; Europeana Photography; PHAROS Art Research Consortium; Elsevier appoints VP for Global Library Relations; Inspec adds Wiley Journals.
Posted 26 May 2017
Wikipedia editors can now add citations that link to library resources in WorldCat.
Posted 25 May 2017
Latest decision in ongoing lawsuit.
Posted 24 May 2017
Facebook faces fines for fibs.
Posted 19 May 2017
Reduced or no Article Processing Charges for authors from EIFL network.
Posted 19 May 2017
Digital Science has opened a subsidiary in Moscow.
Posted 19 May 2017
A summary of some of the news you may have missed including: Wolfram Data Repository announced; Wikipedia and OCLC collaborate; Springer Nature ORCID initiatives; accreditation of CILIP's first Arabic course; LBF Virtual Conference.
Posted 15 May 2017
Discovery at Reading University is from one of the earliest printed books.
Posted 11 May 2017
Lens aims to recognise real world objects.
Posted 10 May 2017
Concessions will apply for five years.
Posted 8 May 2017
Collection includes content from museums and archives across Europe.
Posted 8 May 2017
Move reflects growing influence of online education.
Posted 28 April 2017
A coherent story helps make sense of any collection of knowledge.
Posted 28 April 2017
Researching the role and impact of non-traditional publishers in the French election.
Posted 21 April 2017
Imitating Snapchat working well for Instagram
Posted 21 April 2017
The British Library is to build an extension to its London site.
Posted 21 April 2017
Nearly half a million images made available.
Posted 21 April 2017
A summary of some of the news you may have missed including: free content to combat fake news; JSTOR Sustainability; CLIR and Jisc set up transatlantic partnership; SAGE and University of Bath launch Public Data Lab; New Oxford Shakespeare Authorship Companion available online.
Posted 10 April 2017
IFLA has begun collecting data for its 2017 Library Map of the World survey.
Posted 6 April 2017
Social media groups could face huge fines.
Posted 5 April 2017
Google has launched a beta version of its YouTube Go app on Google Play in India.
Posted 5 April 2017
ProQuest expanding e-book collection.
Posted 2 April 2017
Automated chatbot linked to cyberbullying.
Posted 31 March 2017
New open access portal from the Gates Foundation; Altmetric annual grant applications open; Kudos and PubFactory partner; Karger and UNSILO enrich content
Posted 27 March 2017
Prestigious awards for the best books for children and young people.
Posted 22 March 2017
The rapid pace of change in the Open Data and Open Science landscape across Europe can make it difficult to stay informed.
Posted 22 March 2017
The UK Government, along with other organisations including the Guardian newspaper, has pulled adverts from YouTube.
Posted 17 March 2017
Call for applications from UK-based library and information professionals.
Posted 17 March 2017
New curriculum to be introduced in 2018.
Posted 14 March 2017
EBSCO offers grants to academic libraries; OUP announce pilot of legal current awareness feed; new modules added to Bloomsbury Law Online; new Latin additions to Oxford Scholarly Editions Online; Reprints Desk partners with The Copyright Licensing Agency.
Posted 12 March 2017
A Norwegian news site has been experimenting with its comments section; the Perspective initiative is hoping to use machine learning to identify online harassment.
Posted 10 March 2017
Government agencies conduct long-term and expensive R&D that private companies find hard to justify.
Posted 10 March 2017
Google to shut down Spaces and gives first glimpse of video conferencing app; Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries joins Portico; FSG launch infectious diseases knowledge hub; SAGE adds new video collections; Jisc appoints new trustees.
Posted 3 March 2017
The UK is one of the first countries to extend library lending compensation to cover e-lending.
Posted 28 February 2017
Brill releases Digital Cuban Culture Collection; open access humanities and social science ebooks from Knowledge Unlatched; Altmetric integrates Web of Science citation data; Atypon expands international offices.
Posted 24 February 2017
Speaker submissions sought for the Library Innovation Conference, with the theme of 'Super-Powered Libraries: innovation, influence, impact'.
Posted 24 February 2017
New service aims to connect researchers with relevant content.
Posted 24 February 2017
The Perspective API is now open for use by developers.
Posted 23 February 2017
Call for users to have more control over how much data is collected - and how it is used.
Posted 22 February 2017