Montana Higher Education Institutions select Ex Libris’ discovery suite for its flexibility and best-in-class consortial support - October 31, 2013
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the University of Montana and the Montana State University System - both multi-campus consortia - have selected the Primo discovery and delivery solution, the SFX OpenURL link resolver, and the bX Recommender. The Ex Libris solutions… Read More
EMBO announces new publishing platform in partnership with HighWire Press - October 31, 2013
HighWire and EMBO have announced the December launch of EMBO Press, a new publishing platform for The EMBO Journal, EMBO Reports, Molecular Systems Biology and EMBO Molecular Medicine, providing opportunities for the future development of the journals. It is expected that EMBO Press will strengthen… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education and University of Pennsylvania collaborate to invest in education technology startup, Incubator - October 31, 2013
Digital learning company McGraw-Hill Education, US, has announced an investment in the Education Design Studio, Inc. (EDSi), a $2.1 million hybrid incubator and seed fund that was launched in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education (Penn GSE) and designed specifically to nurture,… Read More
Gale unveils innovative new purchase model for e-books - October 31, 2013
Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses, has announced an innovative new purchase option – a Usage-Driven Acquisition (UDA) model – for its Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) e-book platform. Unlike options currently offered by… Read More
CCC distributes over $188.7 million to rightsholders in FY’13 - October 31, 2013
Licensing and content solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC) has announced a record royalty payment of $188.7 million to rightsholders in FY’13, an increase of more than 5 percent over the $179.4 million paid the previous year. During the last ten years, CCC has distributed… Read More
Holiday Notice - October 31, 2013
This is to inform our esteemed subscribers that there will be no newsletter dispatch on November 1, 2013, on account of a Local holiday. We will resume our newsletter service on Monday, November 4, 2013. The newsletter will contain all the headlines that have appeared after the October 31st issue. Read More
