New SPARC open access Journal Publishing Resource Index helps streamline launch and operation of OA journals - May 30, 2011
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has released a free online Open Access Journal Publishing Resource Index (http://www.arl.org/sparc/partnering) with information and documents to support the launch and operation of an open-access journal. Materials in the index will help libraries, presses,… Read More
EMpact Sales to provide sales representation service for Cambridge University Press - May 30, 2011
EMpact Sales (EMpact), the publisher representation group of EBSCO, has announced that it has been chosen as sales agent for Cambridge University Press (CUP). The new partnership will allow EMpact to represent the latter's electronic and print content in the UK, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Lebanon, Kuwait,… Read More
ICE Publishing launches civil engineering ebook collection - May 30, 2011
ICE Publishing, the publishing division of the Institution of Civil Engineers, has announced the launch of a civil engineering ebook collection. The 2012 Complete ebook Collection includes 1,500 ebooks and features ICE Publishing's new 2011 and 2012 titles, as well as previously inaccessible material from the… Read More
ARL affirms international interlibrary loan activities for North American libraries - May 30, 2011
Nonprofit organisation Association of Research Libraries (ARL), US, has announced that its board has affirmed that it is the right of North American research libraries to participate in international interlibrary loan (ILL) and document delivery activities. The decision was taken at ARL's spring 2011 meeting. … Read More
GE Healthcare, Thomson Reuters develop new data and analytics solution - May 27, 2011
US-based GE Healthcare and Thomson Reuters have developed a new data and analytics solution. This is expected to help pharmaceutical firms and other healthcare organisations to conduct evidence-based research on data that enables them to better quantify the effectiveness of medical treatments… Read More
Summon discovery service wins top honours at the 2011 CODiE Award ceremony - May 27, 2011
Serials Solutions, a US-based provider of tools and services for libraries and a business unit of ProQuest LLC, has announced that the Summon discovery service took top honours at the 2011 CODiE Award ceremony. It was named the Best Enterprise Search Solution. Claimed to be… Read More
