From: Wiebke Dalhoff [mailto:Wiebke.Dalhoff@ifla.org]
Sent: Friday, 11 May 2012 9:48 PM
To: ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr; ifla-clm@infoserv.inist.fr
Subject: [IFLA-L] IFLA releases Statements on Orphan Works and Legal Deposit
IFLA releases Statements on Orphan Works and Legal Deposit
Through its Key Initiatives 2011-2012, IFLA is working collaboratively to build a legal, technical and professional base that enables libraries to play a major role in collecting, [...]
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IFLA releases Statements on Orphan Works and Legal Deposit
IFLA Releases Background Paper on e-Lending
From: Wiebke Dalhoff [mailto:Wiebke.Dalhoff@ifla.org]
Sent: Friday, 11 May 2012 5:12 PM
To: ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr; ifla-clm@infoserv.inist.fr
Subject: [IFLA-L] IFLA Releases Background Paper on e-Lending
IFLA Releases Background Paper on e-Lending
As part of its work on the 2011-2012 Key Initiatives, the IFLA Governing Board appointed a working group to draft a background paper on digital lending. At its April meeting the IFLA [...]
British Library Board appoints new Chief Executive
The Board of the British Library has appointed Roly Keating as the Library’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Keating, currently Director of Archive Content at the BBC, and a former Controller of BBC Two and BBC Four, will take up his new role on 12 September 2012.
Baroness Blackstone, Chairman of the British Library, said: “I [...]
New* International Directory of Organizations in Grey Literature
International Directory of Organizations in Grey Literature
http://www.greynet.org/internationaldirectory.html
Algeria, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland. Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
The International Directory of Organizations in Grey Literature provides a list of over [...]
Research Data Curation Bibliography
Digital Scholarship (http://bit.ly/172mLs) has released the Research Data Curation Bibliography. It includes over 100 selected English-language articles and technical reports that are useful in understanding the curation of digital research data in academic and other research institutions.
http://digital-scholarship.org/rdcb/rdcb.htm
Most sources have been published from 2000 through 2011; however, a limited number of earlier key sources are also [...]
GL13 Conference Proceedings – Now in Print
From: GreyNet [mailto:info@greynet.org]
Sent: Thursday, 9 February 2012 4:40 PM
To: GreyNet
Subject: GL13 Conference Proceedings – Now in Print
GL13 Conference Proceedings – Now in Print http://www.textrelease.com (To place an order for this limited edition)
Thirteenth International Conference on Grey Literature : The Grey Circuit, From Social Networking to Wealth Creation, 5-6 December 2011 / compiled by D.J. Farace [...]
UNESCO endorses the IFLA Manifesto for Digital Libraries
From: Ingeborg Verheul [mailto:Ingeborg.Verheul@ifla.org]
Sent: Tuesday, 13 December 2011 9:48 PM
To: ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr
Subject: [IFLA-L] UNESCO endorses the IFLA Manifesto for Digital Librairies
13 December 2011 Press Release
UNESCO endorses the IFLA Manifesto for Digital Libraries
The Hague/Paris
UNESCO has endorsed the IFLA Manifesto for Digital Libraries at its General Conference 2011. The Manifesto provides principles to assist libraries in undertaking sustainable and [...]
Proposal on an international instrument on limitations and exceptions for persons with print disabilities
Proposal on an international instrument on limitations and exceptions for persons with print disabilities
http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=188547
UNESCO launches Global Open Access Portal
UNESCO launches Global Open Access Portal
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/portals-and-platforms/goap/
Info for Repository Managers
Info for Repository Managers
http://oapen-uk.jiscebooks.org/pilot/info-for-repository-managers/
