Decision challenges Facebook's practice of forcing users to agree to data gathering.
Posted 8 February 2019
An interesting article in Nature explores the implications for researchers unable to access Elsevier publications.
Posted 6 February 2019
The Library of Congress has been awarded over $500,000 by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to evaluate the health of collections in research libraries.
Posted 6 February 2019
New initiative to help deliver the Dutch ambition of 100% open access by 2020.
Posted 6 February 2019
Titles will join publisher's portfolio in 2020.
Posted 6 February 2019
Two recent discoveries in UK libraries.
Posted 6 February 2019
The IFLA Green Library Award is sponsored by De Gruyter.
Posted 25 January 2019
CPD programme for 2019 also announced.
Posted 22 January 2019
France's data protection authority has announced a $57 million fine against Google.
Posted 22 January 2019
Zimbabweans had been without internet access for at least a week.
Posted 22 January 2019
WhatsApp is limiting the number of times members can forward any single message.
Posted 22 January 2019
Concerns expressed in an open letter say practice will make it harder for authors to earn money.
Posted 21 January 2019
The editorial board of Journal of Informetrics will launch a new, fully open journal.
Posted 14 January 2019
The book collection for this year's Challenge has been revealed.
Posted 10 January 2019
Grants valued at over $3.8 million announced.
Posted 4 January 2019
Finding an appropriate and trustworthy journal to publish in is a challenge for many researchers around the world.
Posted 1 January 2019
Canadian firm specialises in bibliometric analysis and research evaluation.
Posted 1 January 2019
Funders announce support of the use of ORCID identifiers in the grant application and reporting process.
Posted 11 December 2018
Two-year deal covers open access and subscription deal.
Posted 11 December 2018
Google reveals plans to address its messy messaging strategy.
Posted 11 December 2018
The two not for profit tech organisations join forces in 2019.
Posted 11 December 2018
Translate will offer both a masculine and a feminine translation when either might be appropriate.
Posted 8 December 2018
The 2018 winner of the prestigious Tony Kent Strix Memorial Award is Professor Pia Borlund, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway.
Posted 30 November 2018
The IFLA PressReader International Library Marketing Award wants to celebrate excellent library marketing.
Posted 29 November 2018
Public Library Manifesto will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2019.
Posted 27 November 2018
Commission calls for a permanent forum for reviewing platform self-regulation.
Posted 26 November 2018
Initiatives designed to keep children safe online.
Posted 26 November 2018
In 33 countries surveyed, mobile networks are faster than wifi.
Posted 26 November 2018
Digital Collections is the National Library's online repository of biomedical resources.
Posted 25 November 2018
A UK petition signed by 30,000 called for ringfenced funding.
Posted 13 November 2018
French officials will spend six months reviewing content moderation processes.
Posted 13 November 2018
Data and evidence required to advocate for school libraries.
Posted 13 November 2018
Images are free to use and reuse.
Posted 5 November 2018
The award aims to help deliver compliance with data sharing policies.
Posted 1 November 2018
The EU organisation to facilitate openness in scholarly communication is now a fully-fledged organisation.
Posted 1 November 2018
Programme released and registration now open for conference in Australia.
Posted 30 October 2018
The aim is to show that anyone can learn the basics of computer science.
Posted 18 October 2018
The National Screening Room digital collection aims to share items from the library's extensive holdings to as wide an audience as possible.
Posted 18 October 2018
New policy means Twitter will make it clear when someone has posted a tweet that violates its terms of service.
Posted 18 October 2018
Some changes being made to licenses.
Posted 18 October 2018
The Feminist Library has launched a crowdfunding campaign.
Posted 18 October 2018
Venue and theme for next conference announced.
Posted 3 October 2018
RDA announces programme of grants.
Posted 3 October 2018
Member states will now be allowed to grant e-books, audio books and printed books the same tax status.
Posted 3 October 2018
The inventor of the world wide web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, wants to give people more control over their data.
Posted 2 October 2018
Nine million former broken links are now working.
Posted 2 October 2018
International Open Access week is taking place 22-28 October.
Posted 26 September 2018
Twitter Lite opens up Twitter to users with slow networks, expensive data plans or lack of space on their mobile devices.
Posted 21 September 2018
Cambridge Core Share will now become a permanent feature of publisher's content platform.
Posted 21 September 2018
OA publisher is now adapting its peer review model.
Posted 20 September 2018