Knowledgespeak Newsletter

21 December 2012

Stichting Bibliotheek.nl selects Serials Solutions to provide new interface for library catalogue Stichting Bibliotheek.nl (BNL), the national foundation for public libraries in the Netherlands, has selected ProQuest business Serials Solutions to adapt AquaBrowser as an additional custom end-user interface to BNL's new national catalogue (NBC) for print, digital and electronic collections. Serials Solutions was chosen based on its success with the similar Open Vlacc project with Bibnet, an organisation of the Flemish government. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme World Allergy Organization's official journal moves to BioMed Central's OA publishing platform Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced that the World Allergy Organization Journal (WAO Journal), the official journal of the World Allergy Organization (WAO), is moving to BioMed Central's open access publishing platform. The journal will join the publisher's growing open access allergy portfolio. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme New organisation Rubriq offers standardised peer review scorecard process Rubriq, a new for-benefit organisation, has been formed to address the challenges of the peer review system for scientific publishing. It has been testing a standardised peer review instrument that can be used for any paper that follows the traditional scientific method. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme EU BON project to build European gateway for integrated biodiversity information EU BON, a EU-funded research project, has been started by 30 research institutions from 15 European countries, Brazil, Israel and the Philippines, and more than 30 associated partners. The 9 million project aims to advance biodiversity knowledge by building a European gateway for biodiversity information. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme American Library Association accepting submissions for John Cotton Dana Award The American Library Association (ALA) is now accepting submissions for the John Cotton Dana Award (JCD). The award, which is managed by the Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) division of ALA, honours outstanding library public relations. Eight $10,000 grants are awarded each year by the H.W. Wilson Foundation and the annual Awards Tea is sponsored by the ALA and EBSCO Publishing. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Association of Research Libraries releases second report in the New Roles for New Times series The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released Research Library Services for Graduate Students (PDF), the second report in the New Roles for New Times series. This series highlights the transformation of the library workforce to address new challenges for research libraries in serving 21st-century students, educators, scholars and researchers. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Credo's Literati Public named SIIA Content CODiE Award finalist for Best General Reference Service Credo, a provider of information and digital literacy solutions for libraries, has announced that Literati Public has been named a finalist for the 2013 SIIA Content CODiE Awards for Best General Reference Service. Serving as the pre-eminent awards programme for the software and information industries, the SIIA CODiE Awards have been honouring excellence for 27 years. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme You are receiving this email newsletter as part of your Knowledgespeak membership. You can unsubscribe instantly from any of our email newsletters by clicking here.

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