« Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced H.R. 6501, the Well-Informed, Scientific, and Efficient (WISE) Government Act. The WISE Government Act requires the Government Services Administration to work with the Library of Congress, agency libraries, and government information services to identify ways to make accessing scientific literature more efficient and to…
« The Library Publishing Forum is an annual conference bringing together representatives from libraries engaged in (or considering) publishing initiatives to define and address major questions and challenges; to identify and document collaborative opportunities; and to strengthen and promote this community of practice. The Forum includes representatives from a broad, international…
« Yesterday, the US National Academies announced publication of a new report called “Open Science by Design: Realizing a Vision for the 21st Century”. This is a broad-ranging report about how the practice and communication of science is changing in the digital world. You can find the link to the report,…
« Résolution du Parlement européen du 5 juillet 2018 sur l’adéquation de la protection assurée par le bouclier de protection des données UE–États-Unis (2018/2645(RSP)) (…) »
« Scientific data stewardship is an important part of long-term preservation and the use/reuse of digital research data. It is critical for ensuring trustworthiness of data, products, and services, which is important for decision-making. Recent U.S. federal government directives and scientific organization guidelines have levied specific requirements, increasing the need for…
« OCLC, working closely with the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), has been awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant to enhance the underlying infrastructure of the OCLC WorldCat database and CRL’s Print Archives Preservation Registry (PAPR) to accommodate and make accessible actionable data for…
« The American Chemical Society (ACS) today announced its partnership with the Royal Society of Chemistry and the German Chemical Society (GDCh) to support the financial and strategic development of ChemRxiv, the premier preprint server for the global chemistry community. This strategic partnership among three of the largest…
« Scholarly communication has become expensive, restrictive, and increasingly falls short of realizing its full potential to make scholarly information broadly accessible. The University of California Libraries are committed to working collaboratively with a variety of partners and stakeholders to provide leadership in transforming scholarly communication into a system that is…
« Grande nouvelle : 1,7 million d’images historiques numérisées sont désormais accessibles et librement utilisables. The Newberry Library vient de réviser de fond en comble sa politique : toutes ses collections peuvent être réutilisées à des fins commerciales, ou non, et sans licence. De quoi inciter les utilisateurs à s’emparer plus facilement des collections.…
« The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) has taken another step in improving citizen and researcher access to DOE research results. Specifically, OSTI has redesigned its homepage and website so that OSTI.GOV now serves as the search tool for DOE’s research and development (R&D) results,…
