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Tuesday, July 07, 2015
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| Highlights From the CERN Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication |
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by Abby Clobridge
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| One of the big events on this year's open access (OA) conference circuit was the CERN Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication (OAI9), a meeting held every other year to discuss current and emerging issues in the ever-changing field of scholarly communication. More than 200 participants from the international community joined together June 17-19 at the University of Geneva to discuss big issues, learn from each other, and challenge perceptions related to publishing and scholarly discourse. |
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| NFAIS Webinar Series Now Accepting Submissions |
| The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) announced a Lunch & Learn virtual education series of webinars that will launch in September 2015. It will cover emerging technologies, innovative business models, and new ideas in the scholarly research and publishing fields. |
| Adis Rolls Out Drug Treatment Information Platform |
| Springer's Adis, a drug information provider, introduced the AdisInsight platform for current evidence on worldwide drug treatments, such as how well they work, their safety, and how soon they'll be released. |
| CILIP Releases Impact Toolkit |
| CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals) rolled out the Impact Toolkit, a resource to help CILIP members demonstrate their impact in their careers. |
| SAGE Acquires Law and Criminology Journals |
| SAGE Publications purchased three journals from Federal Legal Publications, Inc.: Contemporary Drug Problems (CDX), The Antitrust Bulletin (ABX), and The Journal of Psychiatry & Law (PLX). They join SAGE's collection of law and criminology journals. |
| Jisc Sets Up ORCID Consortium for U.K. Universities |
| A national consortium arrangement negotiated by Jisc Collections now allows ORCID to be available to higher education institutions in the U.K. at reduced membership costs and with enhanced technical support. |
| LinkedIn Study Reveals Professionals' Attitudes and Opinions |
| LinkedIn recently shared the results of its study, "New Norms @Work," which gathers feedback from more than 15,000 professionals in 19 countries on how they shape their professional brands in today's workplace. |
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| Digital Magazine Services for Your Library This Summer |
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by Brandi Scardilli
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| This summer's beachgoers will probably be bringing along paper magazines to help them relax on the sand. But for other lazy days this season--lying in a hammock in the shade, lying on the couch in the air-conditioning--it's undeniably cheaper to get digital magazines from local libraries to read on a mobile device. The following services help libraries offer e-magazines to their patrons. Read on to compare their features and for a sneak peek of what they're doing next. |
| Download Our June Editorial Sampler |
| Want to review some articles from our library publications? Download the free June content sampler (PDF) of recent articles and an exclusive offer for a free book with a subscription to Computers in Libraries magazine. |
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INTERNET LIBRARIAN INTERNATIONAL THE LIBRARY INNOVATION CONFERENCE October 17 & 18, London ILI's Programme Director, Val Skelton, celebrates librarian superpowers. THE NEW LIBRARY, THE NEW LIBRARIAN – exploring some of the strategies, structures, teams, skills, services and collaborations librarians are using to ensure they stay at the cutting edge. USERS, UX, AND USAGE – understanding how libraries are working with users to redesign services, spaces, and to understand usage. CONTENT CREATIVITY – investigating how libraries are creating, curating, and marketing digital collections, how librarians are publishers in their own right, and how they are driving collaborative content creation. FIGHT THE FAKE, FIND THE FACTS – celebrating two of the librarian's super powers--advanced search techniques and nurturing information integrity--in a post-truth/multi-truth era. MARKETING THE LIBRARY – sharing stories of librarians who are influencing use and expanding audiences for their services and collections from the DJ librarian to the digital storyteller. NEW SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATIONS – exploring why the scholarly communications landscape is changing, and what this means for libraries and information professionals. In addition to a series of one-hour workshops - ILI Extra - covering a wide range of specialised skills and topics, from tech topics to personal development, ILI also hosts two one-day pre-conference workshops: Websearch Academy 2017 explores the intricacies of research on the web. Our global expert speakers look at advanced search, evaluation of search engines, apps relevant to serious research, social media search, and analysis of search results. Marketing Your Library Service: Principles and Actions--In libraries we spend so much time curating our content and services that sometimes we don’t put enough focus on telling people about what we do. We do so much, but how do we ensure people hear about what we offer and understand what we do?
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| ITI Blogs |
If you regularly read blogs, add these to your reader: ITI Books Blog – booksblog.infotoday.com – news, observations, and commentary from the authors, editors, and publishers of Information Today, Inc.'s many book offerings. ITI Conference Blog – libconf.com – covering ITI's library conferences worldwide. SpeechTech Blog – speechtechblog.com – updates on speech technology and its applications in daily life, covering everything from ASR to VUI, with lots of links, threads, and even a few pictures thrown in for good measure. |
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This newsletter is published by Information Today, Inc. Editor: Brandi Scardilli Website: http://www.infotoday.com/NewsLink Email: bscardilli@infotoday.com |
