ProQuest continues collaboration with YBP - February 23, 2015
ProQuest has announced that it will continue its longstanding relationship with YBP, enabling libraries to purchase its selection of more than 730,000 ebooks through the GOBI platform. ProQuest titles will continue to be offered through all available purchase models, including Perpetual Archive, Short-Term Loans, Demand-driven Acquisition… Read More
Portico and InTech announce preservation deal - February 23, 2015
Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that InTech will be preserving its e-journals with Portico, ensuring that their content will be secure and available into the future. InTech is based in Rijeka, Croatia. Since 2004, InTech collaborated with more than 87,000 authors from more than… Read More
Advantage Business Media names David Madonia Science Group General Manager - February 23, 2015
Digital media and integrated marketing solutions provider Advantage Business Media has named David Madonia General Manager of its Scientific Group. The announcement was made by Advantage CEO Jim Lonergan. Madonia joins Advantage with more than 20 years of business-to-business media experience, most of which with… Read More
MBS Textbook Exchange, Inc. selects Vital Source to be digital fulfillment vendor for all of its educational content - February 23, 2015
Vital Source Technologies, Inc., Ingram Content Group's digital content delivery system, has announced that Vital Source has been selected by MBS Textbook Exchange, Inc. to be the digital fulfillment vendor for all of its educational content. This agreement with MBS, the industry leader in providing virtual… Read More
Shibboleth Consortium releases version 3 of Shibboleth identity provider - February 23, 2015
The Shibboleth Consortium, a collaborative group of international research and education organisations, has released version 3 of the Shibboleth identity provider, its free open source software that enables secure web single sign-on. Institutions are able to use the software to enable learners and researchers to safely… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - February 23, 2015
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Rick Anderson (CC BY and Its Discontents–A Growing Challenge for Open Access | Peer to Peer Review); Joseph Esposito (What Would It Cost to Buy Everything?); Scott Lachut (Future of Research – Why Academic Publishing Needs to Become More Social);… Read More
