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The National Institute of Informatics (NII) in Japan has selected OCLC to replace NII's current library metadata infrastructure. OCLC will provide a cataloging environment for more than 1,300 libraries in Japan with a union catalog that replaces the existing system, NACSIS-CAT/ILL.
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris has welcomed Ireland taking a huge step forward in providing open access to research. The IReL initiative, funded by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, has struck transformative agreements with 11 major international academic publishers.
SPARC Europe together with the European Network of Open Education Librarians is seeking to gain insights into Open Education (OE) practices within academic libraries of Higher Education in Europe.
SCONUL and Jisc have negotiated a national agreement with not-for-profit Our Research to help individual members use Unsub.
The report uncovers trends and challenges arising from the accelerated shift to online learning and highlights library opportunities for greater involvement in teaching and learning.
New pilot to examine author awareness of open research principles and their benefits, and potential barriers to implementation
A 12.5% cost reduction for 2021, followed by a 0% change for 2022, and a 2% increase for 2023; 20% discount on APCs
"Improved proposal to staff and TU colleagues" - following extension of the UK furlough scheme – to keep all 30 National Art Library and Theatre & Performance archive staff on board, utilising the furlough scheme while the review is taking place. New proposals for the structure of the NAL and combined archive team will follow once the review has concluded.
Graduate research from Lancaster University will now be included in the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global® (PQDT) database.
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