*NISO Publishes Recommended Practice on Exchanging Serial Content; *Mellon Foundation Awards Nearly $1 Million Grant to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library; *AIDSVu Posts New Interactive Maps Online; *The Wikipedia Library Project Launches French-Language Branch With Three Content Partners; *NISO leadership edit new book on standards in information exchange; *OCLC report Stewardship of the Evolving Scholarly Record…; *The Future of SLA: A Strategic Framework and Recommendations for Moving Forward; ‘All the Light We Cannot See,’ ‘Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption’ win 2015 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction; *The Free Ebook Foundation has launched; *Ex Libris and EBSCO collaborate for streamlined acquisition of journals and eBooks; and even more corporate and publishing news from a variety of sources
NISO Publishes Recommended Practice on Exchanging Serial Content
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) announces the publication of a new recommended practice, Protocol for Exchanging Serial Content (PESC) (NISO RP-23-2015), which provides guidance on the best way to manage the elements of digital serial content packaging in a manner that aids both the content provider and the content recipient in understanding what has been delivered and received…”
Mellon Foundation Awards Nearly $1 Million Grant to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library
InfoDOCKET reports that “the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a grant of $986,000 from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This grant will help the Southern Folklife Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library advance digitization of rare audio, video and motion picture films for preservation and access…”
AIDSVu Posts New Interactive Maps Online
Also According to InfoDOCKET “AIDSVu [presented by the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University in partnership with Gilead Sciences] is pleased to release its annual June launch of interactive online maps with the latest available data for HIV prevalence and new HIV diagnoses in the U.S. As part of an ongoing effort to provide the most comprehensive resources about the epidemic, we are excited to include a number of enhancements to the site in this release to make AIDSVu even more accessible to all users…”
The Wikipedia Library Project Launches French-Language Branch With Three Content Partners
And lastly, InfoDOCKET reports that “As part of the new French-language Wikipedia Library branch, 3 new donor partners join the ranks of dozens of already established partnerships. The new French-language partnerships include: Cairn.info …, Érudit…, and L’Harmattan…”
NISO leadership edit new book on standards in information exchange
Library Technology Guides reports that “The Association of Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) division of the American Library Association has published a new book edited by Todd A. Carpenter, the Executive Director of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO). The Critical Component: Standards in the Information Exchange Environment explores the process of developing information standards, the value of standards for libraries, publishing and the intermediaries that serve both communities. The book is published by ALCTS Publishing and is available in both print and electronic-book format…”
Stewardship of the Evolving Scholarly Record: From the Invisible Hand to Conscious Coordination
OCLC Research has released a report entitled Stewardship of the Evolving Scholarly Record… that “describes the key features of future stewardship models adapted to the characteristics of a digital, networked scholarly record, and discusses some practical implications of implementing these models…”
Click here for a PDF of the report.
The Future of SLA: A Strategic Framework and Recommendations for Moving Forward
According to Information Today “this is a crucial time for the Special Libraries Association (SLA). 
Founded in 1909 by John Cotton Dana, SLA is in the midst of an identity crisis. With declining membership and diminishing revenue, the association is grappling with what its future will be, and the departure of CEO Janice Lachance at the end of 2014 sparked a discussion about the best way forward. Its board of directors hired two consultants who are both active SLA members—Ulla de Stricker of de Stricker Associates and Cynthia Shamel of Shamel Information Services—to recommend changes related to all aspects of the association…”
‘All the Light We Cannot See,’ ‘Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption’ win 2015 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction
ALA News reports that “the American Library Association (ALA) is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction, funded, in part, by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York. “All the Light We Cannot See,” by Anthony Doerr won the medal for fiction, and “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption,” by Bryan Stevenson received the medal for nonfiction. The selections were unveiled during the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Ceremony and Reception…”
The Free Ebook Foundation has launched
Library Technology Guides reports that”two projects that have been building towards a sustainable ecosystem for free ebooks have joined together in a new non-profit corporation. The Free Ebook Foundation envisions a world where ebooks will be funded, distributed and maintained for the benefit of all, by coordinating the efforts and resources of many.
Unglue.it and GITenberg, the two projects to be supported by the Free Ebook Foundation, have shared the goals of making free ebooks more available while focusing on different problems…”
Ex Libris and EBSCO collaborate for streamlined acquisition of journals and ebooks
Ex Libris® Group, and EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO), a worldwide leader in library technology, content and services, are pleased to announce an agreement to streamline libraries’ acquisition processes and optimize the experience of library patrons who are using Ex Libris solutions to access full-text content hosted on the EBSCOhost® platform. The two companies have committed to expanding their collaboration to other areas as well.
More corporate and publishing news from a variety of sources:
Knight Foundation Announces Plan For a Second Knight News Challenge Focused on Library Innovation
HeritageQuest Online to Add International Content
EBSCO Information Services and the H. W. Wilson Foundation Expand Efforts to Build an Open Dissertations Database
Elsevier unveils seven Library Information Science Books at ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition
New North American office reflects growing demand for BMJ’s products in world’s largest healthcare market
Emerald Group Publishing announces increase in journal quality as 2014 Impact Factor highlights are released
SAGE set to publish the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism
Auto-Graphics, Inc expands California presence With VERSO ILS
Book Sales Fell Slightly at Barnes & Noble, As Nook Shed Employees
EBSCO eBooks™ App and Viewer Create Best-In-Class Experience for Readers
California State University adopts Ex Libris solutions for their next-generation library platform