Informa names Fotini Liontou as new Chief Content Officer - June 11, 2013
Informa has announced the appointment of Fotini Liontou as Chief Content Officer for Informa Business Information. Liontou has worked for the company for 17 years, most recently as Chief Executive of IBI's Lloyds List Group. This new executive position will focus on driving content connections… Read More
OCLC completes major technical upgrade of core WorldCat infrastructure - June 11, 2013
Library information provider OCLC, US, has completed the development work to convert the underlying structure for its WorldCat database to Apache HBase, a distributed platform in use by many global information providers, including Facebook, Adobe and Salesforce.com. This marks the conclusion of… Read More
NLM and AAHSL to co-sponsor leadership fellows program for future academic health sciences library directors - June 11, 2013
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has announced the 2013-2014 year of the leadership program jointly sponsored with the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL). The NLM/AAHSL Leadership Fellows Program is focused on preparing emerging leaders for the position of library director in academic health… Read More
Serials Solutions and NetAdvance partner to make content in JapanKnowledge discoverable via the Summon discovery service - June 10, 2013
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, is working with NetAdvance to make content in JapanKnowledge discoverable via the Summon discovery service. Metadata for 13 reference titles from the largest and most reliable provider of Japanese-language content, including encyclopaedias, dictionaries and citation indexes will be indexed and available… Read More
Use of social media in academia growing significantly year on year, says new survey - June 10, 2013
A new survey of colleges across Scotland shows that social media, and particularly YouTube, has firmly entered the learning environment as teaching and learning tools, with its use growing significantly year on year. In the 2012 ETNA (Enhanced Training Needs Analysis) survey, carried out by the Read More
Oxford University Press to publish new Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology - June 10, 2013
Academic publisher Oxford University Press has announced the publication of the Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology (JSSAM), sponsored by the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) and the American Statistical Association (ASA). The journal, available in print and online, is edited by Joe Sedransk,… Read More
