California State University, Sacramento, selects Ex Libris Alma Library Management Service - February 13, 2013
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that California State University, Sacramento ("Sacramento State"), has selected the Alma unified library management solution. The University Library at Sacramento State will consolidate library operations under Alma, which will replace a number of systems: the Innovative… Read More
Geological maps from SEG now discoverable and downloadable through Elsevier’s Geofacets research tool - February 12, 2013
STM Publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) have announced the inclusion of maps from SEG's flagship Economic Geology journal into Geofacets, Elsevier's research tool for geoscientists working in exploration. The joint effort means that geoscientists in the metals and mining, and oil… Read More
JBI’s EBP Management and Assessment tools made available via Ovid - February 12, 2013
Information services provider Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that its Ovid platform now supports healthcare institutions who want to attain the Joanna Briggs Institute's (JBI) Endorsement programme promoting high standards of evidence-based practice and policy. WK Health is the exclusive distribution channel for the JBI's complete… Read More
Society for Scholarly Publishing launches new website - February 12, 2013
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) has announced the redesign and launch of its new website, accessible at www.sspnet.org. Easier navigation; a cleaner, mobile-ready design; more streamlined event registration and login procedures; as well as a more friendly user interface were the… Read More
NISO and OAI release draft for comments of ResourceSync Framework Specification - February 12, 2013
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) has announced the release of a beta draft for comments of the ResourceSync Framework Specification for the web detailing various capabilities that a server can implement to allow third-party systems to remain synchronized with… Read More
OUP adds British Computing Society’s Interacting with Computers journal to computer science portfolio - February 12, 2013
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced that it will publish the journal, Interacting with Computers (IwC), on behalf of the British Computing Society (BCS). OUP currently publishes both The Computer Journal and ITNOW on behalf of BCS. With the addition of IwC to its… Read More
