Ex Libris launches self-registration service, expands support for OA - January 28, 2013
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has launched a self-registration service enabling institutions to easily add the contents of their institutional repository (IR) to the Primo Central Index of scholarly electronic materials and thus expand the breadth of IR content in the index. Institutional… Read More
Impelsys appoints Robert F. Kidd executive vice president of sales - January 28, 2013
Electronic content delivery solutions provider Impelsys, US, has named Robert F. Kidd executive vice president of sales. In his new position, Robert will be based in the company's New York headquarters and will report directly to Sameer Shariff, founder and CEO of the company. Robert… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - January 28, 2013
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (Finch Acknowledges Open Access Could Harm Learned Societies); Joe Wikert (Knowing when to outsource); Amy Brand (Faculty appointments and the record of scholarship); Joseph Esposito (A New Publishing Ecosystem Emerges); and Chris Chambers (Those who publish research behind… Read More
Elsevier launches new review journal – Global Food Security - January 25, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of a new review journal - Global Food Security. The launch of the journal is driven by a global concern that scientists and policy makers have great difficulty keeping up with the expanding volume of information about the… Read More
Serials Solutions unveils Spotlighting service for dynamic display options - January 25, 2013
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has introduced a new feature in its Summon discovery service, named Summon Spotlighting, which provides dynamic display options for specialised content types. Image Spotlighting is said to dramatically improve the discoverability of libraries' most unique and valued collections. Libraries are expected… Read More
SAGE Open author publication fee discounted to $99 per article - January 25, 2013
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that the price of publication in SAGE Open has been discounted to $99 per article. SAGE Open, launched in May 2011, was the world's first broad-based gold open access journal for the social sciences and humanities. With this move, the publisher… Read More
