Sheffield Hallam team secures European Commission funding for CUBIST project - August 24, 2010
A team from Sheffield Hallam University, working on data search technology, has secured €370,000 funding from the European Commission with help from Enterprise Europe Yorkshire. The funding is part of a €4 million collaborative project lead by German technology leaders, SAP, that will focus on how… Read More
Wellcome Library launches digitisation project for free online access to collections - August 24, 2010
The Wellcome Library has announced the launch of a digitisation project to provide free, online access to its collections, including archives and scientific papers from Nobel laureates Francis Crick, Fred Sanger and Peter Medawar. The creation of the Wellcome Digital Library is expected to throw open… Read More
‘Geek the Library’ campaign now available to libraries in the US - August 24, 2010
A community-based public awareness campaign, Geek the Library, is now available for adoption by any US public library. The campaign is designed to highlight the vital role of public libraries in today's challenging economic environment and to increase local library support. Geek the Library has proven… Read More
Thieme E-Book Library platform is now COUNTER compliant - August 24, 2010
STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has announced that the re-launched Thieme E-Book Library platform is now COUNTER compliant. With this addition to the online library, institutions can now obtain statistical data to monitor online usage that is based on international standards and protocols and supported… Read More
Pearson Education’s Kathy Hurley to keynote SSP IN 2010 conference - August 24, 2010
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP), a nonprofit organisation formed to promote and advance communication among the scholarly publishing community, has announced Kathy Hurley as the keynote speaker for the IN 2010 Conference, scheduled for September 21-23, 2010. Hurley is Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships Pearson… Read More
Emerald Group Publishing names Deanna Wamae as Senior VP of the Americas - August 24, 2010
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has announced the appointment of Deanna Wamae as Senior VP of the Americas. In her new role, Deanna will focus on driving sales growth and usage development across North and South America. Deanna has considerable industry… Read More
