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NASA and CHORUS sign participation agreement to expand public access to results of its funded research KnowledgeSpeak reports that "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has signed a participation agreement with CHORUS to expand public access to the...

What Does My Library Need to Know about Ebook Laws? In this edition of American Libraries online column Letters of the Law , "Mary Minow and guest author Kyle K. Courtney discuss the library ebooks landscape and state-level efforts to institutionalize fair licensing...

CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, AND WEBINARS If you live in or near the Chicago metropolitan area, you’re just a drive or train ride away from SSP’s pre-meeting sessions, to be held on the first day of their 44th Annual Meeting at the Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk Hotel on...

Five Projects Receive 2022 AIA/ALA Library Building Award Citing a press release by the American Institute of Architects (AIA), infoDOCKET reports that The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the American Library Association (ALA) are awarding five libraries...

Institutions Partner With ACS (American Chemical Society) to Advance First California-Wide Transformative Open Access Agreement According to this press release "Three California consortia, representing nearly 60 academic and research institutions, and the Publications...

Texas A&M Weighs Sweeping Changes to Library According to Inside Higher ED "The Texas A&M University system is working on a plan that would make sweeping changes across its 10 libraries. Those changes, still being discussed, would include asking librarians to...

Crossref: 2022 Public Data File of More Than 134 Million Metadata Records Now Available Citing a Crossref Blog Post by Patrick Polischuk, infoDOCKET notes that Crossref "released our first public data file, something we’ve turned into an annual affair supporting our...

WorldCat quality efforts to enhance millions more records Citing a press release by OCLC, Library Technology Guides notes that "The OCLC metadata quality team consistently improves WorldCat records to help libraries make their resources more accessible to users...

Partnership with Max Planck Society Marks Springer Nature’s Largest Open Access Book Deal to Date infoDOCKET reports that "Springer Nature has signed its largest institutional OA book deal with the Max Planck Society through the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL). The...