With a goal of getting South African authors’ work to the country’s readers, the African Book Trust is working to donate bookjs to library collections.
WEBINAR: Automate Image-Checking in the Publishing Workflow
Sponsored post from Apex CoVantage: May 23rd webinar will showcase tools that streamline the process of uploading, formatting, and publishing images.
A Potentially Pivotal Case: Louisiana State University and Elsevier
Now gaining visibility, the dispute between LSU and the Netherlands’ Elsevier may reflect many more universities’ concerns about duplicative contracts.
Serbia’s National Library in Cultural Partnership With Sharjah Book Authority
From Gulf News: Aimed at cross-promotion of each other’s cultural initiatives, the new Serbia-Sharjah agreement will come into play at book fairs.
Sven Fund’s ‘Bridge’ to Open Access: Knowledge Unlatched
Using crowdfunding and BiblioLabs’ online library access, Knowledge Unlatched is making open access work for the humanities and social sciences.
The Library-Nominated International Dublin Literary Award Announces a Shortlist
Libraries in 14 nations put forward the 10 titles on this year’s Dublin Literary Award shortlist. The winner will be announced on June 21, 2017.
Industry Notes: Overleaf at Virginia Tech; WIPO and IPA at Frankfurt
Virginia Tech partners with the UK’s Overleaf on authoring tools. In Geneva, two agencies create a new international publishing statistics project.
Russian Librarians Warn of Crisis in Library Consolidation Plans
Called an an effort to ‘optimize the work of all major libraries,’ Russia’s plan to merge digital collections of several libraries is seeing resistance.
Global Literature in Libraries Initiative: Bridging the Translation-Reader Gap
A fledgling cooperation between translators and librarians aims to bring more international literature to American library patrons.
Study: At Peking University, Japan’s Keigo Higashino Is a Hit
Textbooks, George Orwell, and Karl Marx share spots on the Beijing campus’ 2016 report on favorite reads among students. And digital reading is up.