EBSCO Information Services releases Serials Price Projection for 2015 - October 3, 2014
The 2015 Serials Price Projection Report from EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) advises that the overall effective publisher price increases for academic and academic/medical libraries are expected to be in the range of 5 to 7 percent (before currency impact). EBSCO releases the Serials Price Projections based… Read More
Jisc announces new initiatives to enable safe and secure sharing of medical research data - October 3, 2014
Jisc is enabling researchers across the UK to safely and securely share health data to progress their research with a collaborative initiative. This initiative is showcasing how the UK’s research and education network, Janet, provided by Jisc, can offer additional controls and safeguards for researchers working… Read More
Springer and Social Sciences Academic Press announce co-publishing agreement for new book series - October 3, 2014
STM publisher Springer and Social Sciences Academic Press (China) are launching a new English-language book series called Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path. The new co-publishing agreement will be officially announced at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair by Prof. Peilin Li, Vice-president… Read More
NSF grants $1 million to MU to expand supercomputer equipment and expertise for big data analytics - October 3, 2014
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $1 million in two grants to the University of Missouri to install a supercomputer enabling data-intensive research and education at MU in fields such as bioinformatics, geoinformatics, high performance computing and engineering applications. The grants also will fund the… Read More
Unbound Medicine launches major upgrade to uPubTM publishing platform - October 3, 2014
Unbound Medicine, a US-based provider of knowledge management solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced a major upgrade to uPub, the digital content management and authoring module of the Unbound™ Platform. With this software release, Unbound Medicine adds a host of new features and tools to… Read More
Eric Hines named new president of Ex Libris North America - October 3, 2014
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced the appointment of Eric Hines as president of Ex Libris North America and a member of the Group’s executive management team. Hines joins Ex Libris after holding senior management positions for the last ten years at… Read More
