EBSCO unveils Orbit, an online catalogue of EBSCO Discovery Service apps - March 20, 2015
EBSCO Orbit™, an online catalogue of apps that enhance the EBSCO discovery experience for library users, is now available from EBSCO Information Services. The self-service environment allows libraries to browse and request apps, and offers the opportunity to have EBSCO manage these apps. Orbit includes… Read More
Cambridge University Press adopts OrgRef for improved data quality - March 20, 2015
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press (CUP) has adopted the OrgRef dataset to help clean and de-duplicate its customer data. OrgRef is a free and open dataset which has been created by DataSalon for the benefit of the scholarly publishing community. OrgRef shares structured information about… Read More
Prof. Venki Ramakrishnan to succeed Sir Paul Nurse as next President of the Royal Society - March 20, 2015
Professor Sir Venki Ramakrishnan, a Wellcome Trust Investigator, has been announced as the next President of the Royal Society. The Nobel Prize-winning structural biologist will take up the position in December 2015 when the current President, Sir Paul Nurse, steps down. Professor Sir Venki Ramakrishnan… Read More
Singapore Institute of Management goes live with Ex Libris Alma - March 20, 2015
Library automation services provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) is live with the Ex Libris Alma library management solution. The first library in Singapore to adopt Alma, SIM expects the migration to serve as a transformative platform to realize… Read More
ALCTS names Michael Levine-Clark as 2015 winner of HARRASSOWITZ Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award - March 20, 2015
International booksellers and subscription agent HARRASSOWITZ has announced that the Acquisitions Section of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) has announced the 2015 Winner of the HARRASSOWITZ Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award. The ALCTS Award Jury has selected Michael… Read More
SPARC applauds reintroduction of the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act - March 19, 2015
SPARC, an international alliance of academic and research libraries working to create a more open system of scholarly communication, has applauded the reintroduction of the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research (FASTR) Act, which would ensure that public access to research articles becomes the law… Read More
