AIAA and CLOCKSS in deal to preserve AIAA publications - June 30, 2014
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has entered into a partnership with Controlled Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe (CLOCKSS) to preserve its publications in case of catastrophe. The agreement guarantees that AIAA publications would be available to researchers and… Read More
Ex Libris and YBP Library Services announce collaboration to streamline library operations - June 30, 2014
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced a new collaboration with YBP Library Services (YBP) to offer a new, streamlined acquisition process to academic and research libraries that use the Ex Libris Alma and YBP GOBI3 (Global Online Bibliographic Information) platforms. YBP is the… Read More
Ingram Content Group announces enhancements to its ipage search and order content platform - June 30, 2014
Ingram Content Group Inc. has announced enhancements to its widely-adopted ipage search and order content platform including new functionality that makes searching, selecting and ordering materials easy for academic libraries worldwide. New features to ipage will include multiple search, filtering and content sorting options in… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - June 30, 2014
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Susanna-Assunta Sansone (Open access is not enough on its own – data must be free too); David Crotty (What is an eBook? How do Publishers price it?); Steve Fuller (Is the fear of metrics symptomatic of a deeper malaise? On… Read More
NISO publishes recommended practice on promoting transparency in library discovery services - June 27, 2014
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced the publication of a new recommended practice, Open Discovery Initiative: Promoting Transparency in Discovery (NISO RP-19-2014), which provides specific guidelines on participation in the new generation of library discovery services. The NISO Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) began work… Read More
Singapore Management University to adopt Thomson Reuters’ Converis solution to manage research lifecycle - June 27, 2014
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced a decision by Singapore Management University (SMU) to adopt its Converis solution as the platform for holistic management of its research lifecycle. Thomson Reuters Converis was selected after an extensive evaluation of solutions in the… Read More
