OCLC unveils electronic resource management service, License Manager - January 18, 2012
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, has announced the launch of OCLC WorldShare License Manager, a new service to help libraries meet the increasing challenges and complexities of electronic resource management. The service seeks to bring together the two key features of electronic resource management — knowledge… Read More
Macmillan supports relaunch of open data platform figshare with enhanced features - January 18, 2012
Macmillan Publishers has announced that figshare, a community-based open data platform for scientific research, has re-launched its website and underlying software, offering additional functionality for users and unlimited public storage space. Digital Science, a new division of Macmillan, is supporting the project. figshare, founded and run… Read More
Knovel appoints Venu Venugopal as VP-Product Management - January 18, 2012
Engineering resources provider Knovel, US, has announced the appointment of Venu Venugopal as vice president of product management. In his new position, Venugopal will lead the company's product strategy and development efforts. With a track record of revenue growth and global market development, Venugopal brings… Read More
EDP Sciences and Cambridge University Press announce new publishing agreement - January 18, 2012
Society publisher EDP Sciences (Édition Diffusion Presse Sciences), France, and academic publisher Cambridge University Press (CUP) have announced that following the success of the first wave of EDP Sciences journals to be electronically hosted, marketed, and sold by CUP, five more journals… Read More
The Economist selects CCC’s RightsLink for copyright permissions on its blogs - January 18, 2012
Non-profit copyright licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), US, has announced that The Economist has chosen RightsLink, CCC's seamless point-of-content licensing solution, to handle online copyright permissions on its more than 20 blogs. RightsLink enables rightsholders to offer re-use and other permissions at… Read More
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign selects Ex Libris’ Primo discovery and delivery solution - January 18, 2012
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign library has selected the Primo discovery and delivery solution from Ex Libris. With this acquisition, the University Library joins a Primo community of 300 local and regional libraries in… Read More
