The Academic Senate of the California State University (ASCSU) today passed resolution AS-3412-20/FA in robust support of ORCID. The vote was without dissent: 47 ayes, 0 nays, and 2 abstentions.
Read More »Author: Mark Bilby
In Defense of the National Emergency Library: A Call to Library Solidarity and Partnership with the Internet Archive
Public and university libraries have paid hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars, to own, catalog, and preserve print books, only now to be rendered utterly incapable of providing access to them. That is a massive waste of public funds and decades of work by librarians.
Read More »CSU Explores the Possibility of a Google Books Partnership
Just heard yesterday that our CSU Council of Library Deans (COLD) approved a request I’d made to begin exploring a possible system-wide partnership with Google Books.
Read More »ORCID-ShareYourPaper.org Integration in the Works
My schedule yesterday (April 21st) included hosting a really excellent meeting with Joe McArthur (lead developer of OpenAccessButton and ShareYourPaper.org), Sheila Rabun (ORCID rep. for Lyrasis) and Shawna Sadler (ORCID Engagement Manager for the Americas).
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