JISC, Higher Education Academy to unveil licensing tool for open content - January 20, 2011
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) is funding a support project on intellectual property rights (IPR) and licensing issues for Open Educational Resources in partnership with the Higher Education Academy. The latest addition to the organisations' suite of support resources is a new tool… Read More
Emerald journals now available for preservation in Global LOCKSS Network - January 20, 2011
The LOCKSS Program, a unit of the Stanford University Libraries, has announced that journal titles from academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, are now available for preservation in the Global LOCKSS Network. Emerald has reportedly committed more… Read More
EBSCO to provide enhanced integration and linking services to over 23,000 e-journals - January 20, 2011
Information services provider EBSCO, US, has announced that it has increased the number of e-journals available for end-to-end integration and enhanced linking to more than 23,000. With this move, EBSCO seeks to simplify e-resource management for those journals subscribed to through EBSCO. With end-to-end integration,… Read More
MPS Limited and The BookMasters Group announce strategic partnership - January 20, 2011
Publishing solutions provider MPS Limited, a Macmillan company, has announced a strategic partnership with The BookMasters Group, Inc. (BMI). The deal is expected to offer customers the benefits of a combined service across digital publishing, fulfillment, and print and electronic distribution. … Read More
National Library of Luxembourg selects Ex Libris’ Primo discovery and delivery solution - January 20, 2011
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Germany, has announced that the National Library of Luxembourg has chosen the Primo discovery and delivery solution. Following a rigorous evaluation of international products and vendors, the National Library found that Primo best met its principal requirement to offer… Read More
GenomeQuest and INRIA announce integration of the GASSST technology into GenomeQuest SDM platform - January 20, 2011
GenomeQuest, a US-based provider of sequence data management (SDM) products, and French national institute for research in computer science and control, INRIA, have announced the integration of the GASSST technology into the GenomeQuest SDM platform. Licensed by GenomeQuest from INRIA, GASSST is an advanced, open-source genome… Read More
