Elsevier announced winner of JISC Techdis Award for Accessibility - May 10, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has won the first JISC TechDis Publisher Lookup Award. The award recognises publishers who excel in changing and adapting their business processes to meet their customers’ accessibility needs. The JISC TechDis Publisher Lookup Awards are the brainchild of Alistair McNaught, senior advisor… Read More
SirsiDynix announces customer training through SirsiDynix Mentor - May 10, 2010
Library technology solutions provider SirsiDynix, US, has announced that customer training will now be available through SirsiDynix Mentor, an online learning management tool for the benefit of customer libraries and their staff. The tool will help library managers and staff access, track, and report on training… Read More
Monash University Library selects Primo and Primo Central from Ex Libris - May 10, 2010
Library software provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that Monash University Library has chosen the Primo discovery and delivery solution, together with the Primo Central mega-aggregate of scholarly e-content, to provide users with a unified interface for the discovery and delivery of the library’s vast… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - May 10, 2010
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joe Wikert (eReaders and Digital Bookstores); Kent Anderson (Has Publishing Revealed the Achilles’ Heel of Webist Political Philosophies?); Krafty Librarian (Group Purchasing Opportunity for Hospital & Academic Libraries in the GMR); and Alix Vance (A Future of Touch and Gestures:… Read More
Freelancing job at Scope eKnowledge Center – Editor - May 10, 2010
Scope eKnowledge Center is calling for applications from freelancing editors. The Candidate should be a through professional with the ability to draft business e-mails, presentations, case studies and other communication material surrounding a conference / event. The candidate should assist in the preparation of presentations and/or speeches geared toward prospective… Read More
OCLC researchers analyse and synthesise studies of digital information seekers - May 7, 2010
Library information provider OCLC Research, US, has announced that its scientists, in partnership with JISC, have released a study titled ‘The Digital Information Seeker: Report of Findings From Selected OCLC, RIN and JISC User Behaviour Projects’. The report seeks to analyse and synthesise 12 separate studies… Read More
