New Appointments for University Libraries

In a time when libraries are often considered archaic and outdated, it is refreshing to see educational facilities invest in the future of the library. This interesting information came to us from the Grand Rapids Business Journal in their article, “College hires dean of libraries.” Grand Valley State University has hired a new dean of university…

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PLOS Launches Channels

The Public Library of Science (PLOS) supports scientific communities wanting to broadly distribute research in open and accessible ways with their latest innovation, PLOS Channels. STM Publishing News brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “PLOS Channels Provide A Scholarly Home for Research Communities.” Channels are resources for research communities. Each is a single…

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Access Innovations’ Bob Kasenchak to Present at IA Summit 2017

Access Innovations’ Director of Business Development Bob Kasenchak is speaking at the IA Summit next week, March 22-26, 2017, in Vancouver, British Columbia. His presentation is titled “Taxonomic Irony or: What I Think about When I Think about Taxonomies (Including a Meta-Taxonomy)” and is scheduled for Saturday, March 25, 2017, from 2:15pm – 3:00pm. “When…

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An Elite Group

The term “Copy editors” conjures up images of wire-framed bespectacled people hunched over their desks furiously scratching and swiping with their pencils (always pencils, never pens). Columbia Journalism Review brought this interesting and humorous news to us in their article, “Revenge of the copy editors: Grammar pros find internet stardom.” Copy editors of today will likely…

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Best Practices in Anti-Counterfeit Efforts

Several academic publishers have joined forces with distributors in order to have them adopt and implement a set of anti-counterfeit best practices designed to address the growing problem of counterfeit print textbooks. KnowledgeSpeak brought this news to our attention in their article, “Major educational content providers and distributors join forces to fight counterfeit textbooks.” The education world has…

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Information Industry Giant Dies

Eugene Garfield, founder of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) and who launched the field of citation analysis, passed away on February 26, 2017. The Scientist brought us this sobering news in their release, “Scientometrics Pioneer Eugene Garfield Dies.” Garfield made a lasting impact on scientific, medical and scholarly research. In addition to the ISI’s Science…

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