Educopia Institute, the Library Publishing Coalition (LPC) and 12 partner libraries have embarked on a two-year project to investigate, synchronize, and model a range of workflows to increase the capacity of libraries to publish open access, peer-reviewed scholarly journals. Most library publishers have developed services in response to local needs, and initial workflows are generally home-grown and varied. The workflow model envisioned will help libraries provide a strong alternative to commercial publishing for a wider range of journals, representing a significant advance in the development of open and academy-owned scholarship. The team created and released a complete set of documentation for the twelve partner libraries.

Ce billet du blog technique de l’ABES retrace l’historique des relations entre l’ABES, le Centre International de l’ISSN et le centre ISSN France, et met en lumière l’évolution de l’écosystème bibliographique des ressources continues et les améliorations en cours.

It is now 75 years ago that the “Bibliographie der Deutschen Bibliothek, Frankfurt am Main” was published for the first time, on 1 March 1947. After World War II and the political division of Germany, it was the equivalent of the Leipzig edition, which had already appeared as the “Deutsche Nationalbibliographie” since 3 January 1931 published by the Deutsche Bücherei in Leipzig. Learn more about the changeful history and successful development of the German National Bibliography, today “Deutsche Nationalbibliografie”, with this blog post and in more detail with the online publication Die Deutsche Nationalbibliografie und ihre Formate: 1931 bis 2030.

The first Serials and Other Continuing Resources Section (SOCRS) virtual meeting in 2022 was held on  2 February to schedule the subject and format of presentations for IFLA WLIC 2022 session. Members consulted about “Transformative Agreements” as the topic of the upcoming session. Committee members agreed to invite speakers for the session. Details about the theme of the session and speakers will be announced in the future.

IFLA stands in solidarity with our colleagues in Ukraine – condemns all violent actions and joins the international community in their statements on the situation.

In alliance with the protest of the international Library community IFLA urgently appeals to the libraries all over the world to mobilise in favour of accurate information to be spread on the conflict as a means to support democracy and freedom of expression. IFLA also asks libraries to support any Ukrainian refugees, in collaboration with governmental and non-governmental organisations.

This article provides an idea of the themes that are likely to be at the top of the agenda this year, as well as two key ways of getting involved – through reviews of SDG implementation and engagement in key meetings.

First, we look at the key issues highlighted by the United Nations (UN) Secretary General for 2022 as priorities. There is also an update on a key focus, and the opportunity this represents to ensure the recognition of libraries.

Finally, the key UN meetings in 2022 offer a chance for libraries to raise awareness of what libraries are doing, and why it needs to be supported.

L’Abes (Agence Bibliographique de l’Enseignement Supérieur) et le réseau Mir@bel s’associent pour améliorer le signalement et les métadonnées descriptives des ressources continues publiées par l’édition scientifique française. En s’appuyant sur IdRef pour l’identification et le signalement de l’ensemble des éditeurs français concernés, Mir@bel assure au référentiel un usage large, national et international.

Le portail Mir@bel facilite le signalement des publications en série et l’accès aux contenus disponibles en ligne, et complète les données présentes du Sudoc. Mir@bel est en lien, entre autres, avec le Centre international de l’ISSN, avec ISSN France, et avec des partenaires étrangers tels que le DOAJ.

The OCLC Research Library Partners Metadata Managers Focus Group met in June 2021 to consider together the impact of the changes brought about by remote working. The group discussed how they have managed changes, what they have learned through them, and which are likely  to stick and why. Metadata managers from 40 institutions across seven countries shared their observations and experiences, demonstrating both continuation of and evolution from the issues they and their staff have been working through since library spaces and services were initially disrupted in 2020.