EBSCO and ALA award seven scholarships for librarians to attend 2013 ALA Annual Meeting - April 5, 2013
EBSCO, in co-sponsorship with the American Library Association (ALA), has awarded seven librarians $1,000 scholarships to attend the ALA Annual Meeting in Chicago, to be held from June 27– July 2, 2013. As part of the application process, librarians were asked to write an essay on… Read More
Northwestern University Libraries select Ex Libris Alma - April 5, 2013
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that Northwestern University has selected the Ex Libris Alma next-generation resource management solution for its libraries. A member of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Association of American Universities, Northwestern counts among its libraries the… Read More
OUP journals compliant with RCUK and Wellcome Trust open access policies - April 5, 2013
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced that from April 1, 2013 Oxford journals will be compliant with the Research Councils UK (RCUK) and Wellcome Trust policies on open access (OA). OUP claims to be mission-driven to facilitate the widest possible dissemination of high-quality research.… Read More
Rubriq enters second phase of beta testing of peer review system - April 5, 2013
Rubriq, a for-benefit organisation offering peer review and journal matching services, has completed the first phase of beta testing for its independent peer review system, and the second phase is now underway. During all three planned beta phases, publishers are helping to validate Rubriq's patent-pending scorecard,… Read More
IOP Publishing appoints Beth Mayes as Partner Development Manager, North America - April 5, 2013
Non-profit scientific publisher IOP Publishing (IOP), UK, has announced the appointment of Beth Mayes as Partner Development Manager, North America. In her new position, Beth will work closely with Jane Roscoe, Head of Partner Development at IOP. Based in Boston, Beth will develop relationships with… Read More
Wiley journals comply with new OA policies of UK funders - April 4, 2013
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced that the majority of Wiley's journals in its open access publishing program now offers authors funded by The Wellcome Trust and Research Councils UK the opportunity to publish their articles under a Creative Commons Attribution CC BY… Read More
