The Spring 2013 issue of Information Standards Quarterly (the NISO quarterly magazine) has been published in open access on the NISO website. It provides a summary of the 2012 standards development work conducted by NISO and by the international ISO Information and Documentation committee (TC 46). (NISO, 2013-04-08)

The Spanish version of the consolidated edition of the International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD) is now available on the IFLA website. (IFLA, 2013-04-08)

The Arabic version of the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) is now available on the IFLA website. (IFLA, 2013-04-06)

Karen Coyles' analysis on the development of predatory publishers.(Library journal, 2013-04-04)
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De Gruyter, the academic publisher based in Berlin, will be offering 100 titles from its e-dition series at the crowdfunding platform Unglue.it. Each individual title that raises $2,100 at the site will be made available worldwide as open-access content. (Digital book world, 2013-04-02)

2012 saw major daily news¬papers shift their focus largely to the web, while reducing their printed editions. Meanwhile, in the book world, publishing houses launched digital imprints, and some digital-only publishers started up. Mike Thomson, editor of The Rivereast News Bulletin, compares the strategies deployed by different publishers.(EContent, 2013-04-01 )

An analysis of the costs of open-access publishing by Richard Van Noorden. (Nature, 2013-03-27)

SPARC, an international alliance of academic and research libraries, has released a new community resource, Article-Level Metrics -- A SPARC Primer, delving into Article-Level Metrics (ALMs). Article-Level Metrics (ALMs) are rapidly emerging as important tools to quantify how individual articles are being discussed, shared, and used. This new SPARC primer is designed to give campus leaders and other interested parties an overview of what ALMs are, why they matter, how they complement established utilities and metrics, and how they might be considered for use in the tenure and promotion process. (SPARC, 2013-04-06)

Kent Anderson, CEO/Publisher of the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, compares different peer review systems and their corresponding costs. (Scholarly kitchen, 2013-04-22)

UKSG, with the support of Jisc, announced their wish to invite tenders for a research study assessing the impact of library discovery technology on electronic content usage in the scholarly information community.(UKSG, 2013/04/24)

An interview of Dan Cohen, Executive Director, on the occasion of the launching of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). (The Atlantic, 2013-04-18)

From 6 April 2013, six major libraries in the UK and Ireland have the right to collect, preserve and provide long-term access to a copy of every UK electronic publication. This moves brings the same legal deposit conditions to blogs, e-books and websites that has existed for print publications such as books, magazines and newspapers for several centuries. (Research information, 2013-04-05)

Research librarians around the world like providing e-books to their users but many challenges remain. Sian Harris explores the major issues encountered: acquisitions, collection development, DRM, usages, etc. (Research Information, April/May 2013)

The new version of Europeana is now live. New features are now available like automatic suggestions and responsive portal. (Europeana, 2013-03-26)

May 8, 2013 – Online

21 May 2013 – London