Katherine Stephan, who is a member of the Research Support Team at Liverpool John Moore's University and who was the 2019 UKSG Merriman Award winner, with impressions and experiences of the NASIG conference, and a sense of someone finding her voice.
UKSG eNews 448
Editorial
UKSG news
The UKSG trustees are seeking to appoint an Executive Director to lead UKSG's operations as the organisation continues to evolve.
'Insights: the UKSG journal' is interested in publishing articles written by information professionals working in sixth form colleges, further education, community colleges and vocational education.
Two new 'Insights' research articles are now available: one on library Twitter accounts, and the other about archival authenticity and blockchain technology.
Industry news
NISO has announced the formal publication of recommended practices for KBART Automation: Automated Retrieval of Customer Electronic Holdings.
A global Springer Nature survey of more than 2,500 academic book authors provides insights into perceptions of open access.
Voting Members of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) have approved a new standardisation project, Criteria for Indexes.
OASPA has announced a new requirement for journal publishers.
Company news
Atypon has acquired RedLink, with a portfolio which includes Remarq, the article-sharing, commenting, and annotation platform for researchers.
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, has announced that it has acquired RapidILL, a provider of document-delivery and resource-sharing solutions.