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Ithaka and JSTOR Merge
JSTOR and Ithaka today announced the merger of their organizations. This move unites two pioneering entities that are focused on helping the scholarly community take advantage of rapidly advancing information technologies. JSTOR was founded in 1995 by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as a shared digital library to help academic institutions save costs associated with the storage of library materials and to vastly improve access to scholarship. Today, more than 5,200 academic institutions and 600 scholarly publishers and content owners participate in JSTOR. Read More
Archaeological Institute of America and Portico Reach Preservation Agreement
Portico, a digital preservation service for the scholarly community (www.portico.org), is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) to preserve its flagship online publication, Journal of Archaeology. Read More
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Event Portico’s Participant Meeting at the ALA Annual Conference
Today’s academic libraries face competition from alternative, cost-effective information providers. In light of this reality, it is imperative for libraries to seek means to ensure that their services meet and preferably exceed user expectations. A continuing program of assessment is essential to the development of a meaningful approach to meeting service goals. Read More
Scholarly Communication Outreach: Crafting Messages that Grab Faculty Attention
Are you already working with faculty and researchers on your campus for change? Do you want to develop a deeper understanding of how scholars’ communication practices are changing and how the landscape appears to them? Read More on RAL's site
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