Gates Foundation announces “world’s strongest policy on Open Access“. ‘from January 2015, researchers it funds must make open their resulting papers and underlying data-sets immediately upon publication — and must make that research available for commercial re-use. “We believe that published research resulting from our funding should be promptly and broadly disseminated,” the foundation states.’ Librarians […]…Continue Reading Friday Links – December 5, 2014
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Friday Links – May 2, 2014
At Middlebury, we’ve been using Summon as the discovery layer for our library collections for the last several years. The recent article from the Chronicle of Higher Education about discovery tools is an interesting read: As Researchers Turn to Google, Libraries Navigate the Messy World of Discovery Tools Many professors and students gravitate to Google as […]…Continue Reading Friday Links – May 2, 2014
Research Libraries, Publishers Stake Out Positions on International ILL
A battle is brewing between research libraries and an association of academic publishers over the right to engage in international interlibrary loans and document delivery, both well-established library practices. Read the article. >>>…Continue Reading Research Libraries, Publishers Stake Out Positions on International ILL