The Virtual Library of Virginia and the Washington Research Library Consortium sign eBook deal with Springer - April 11, 2013
STM publisher Springer has signed a major deal with the Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) and the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC). The agreement gives students and researchers from across more than 80 campuses access to Springer eBook content. With the completion of this deal,… Read More
WK Health’s Global Customer Support team receives NorthFace ScoreBoard Award from Omega Management Group - April 11, 2013
Information services provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that its Global Customer Support team supporting the Ovid and LWW Journals business has received the NorthFace ScoreBoard Award from Omega Management Group Corp for achieving excellence in customer service and support in 2012. The award is… Read More
Bowker, ebrary and Choice in joint initiative to enhance RCL tool for libraries - April 11, 2013
ProQuest affiliate Bowker, e-book business ebrary and Choice, a publishing unit of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), have united to improve the accessibility and utility of Resources for College Libraries (RCL), a collection development tool for academic libraries. … Read More
PeerJ announces first institutions to provide PeerJ memberships to their faculty - April 11, 2013
Academic publisher PeerJ Inc. and PeerJ PrePrints (a preprint server) have announced the first four universities to enter into an institutional arrangement to centrally fund PeerJ membership fees for their faculty. Universities who have already entered into these arrangements for their faculty include Duke University,… Read More
Credo announces new technology to streamline research through EBSCO Discovery Service - April 11, 2013
Credo, a provider of information and digital literacy solutions for libraries, has deployed new technology that integrates its growing library of Topic Pages with EBSCO Discovery Service. Students who search EDS will now see Topic Pages, which provide a gateway through Credo's trusted multimedia-rich reference… Read More
AASL seeks proposals for ALA 2014 Annual Conference programmes - April 11, 2013
The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) is inviting proposals for programmes to be presented during the 2014 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference. The conference will be held from June 26 - July 1 in Las Vegas. The deadline for pre-conference submissions is 11:59… Read More
