University Press of Florida Director, Meredith Babb, assumes leadership of AAUP - June 30, 2015
Meredith Babb, Director of the University Press of Florida, assumed leadership of the Association of American University Presses (AAUP) on June 20, 2015, at the Association's annual meeting in Denver, Colorado. Babb succeeds Barbara Kline Pope, Director of the National Academies Press, and will lead the… Read More
Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University select Ex Libris Rosetta - June 30, 2015
Library automation and preservation solutions provider Ex Libris® Group has announced that Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University have adopted the Rosetta digital asset management and preservation solution. Rosetta will enable the libraries to manage and preserve their digital collections, including born-digital objects such as… Read More
NFAIS launches Lunch & Learn Virtual Education Series - June 29, 2015
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS™), a global, nonprofit membership organisation serving the information community, has announced the launch of a virtual program called the NFAIS Lunch & Learn Education Series. As part of this program, NFAIS invites information experts and professionals to submit… Read More
EBSCO and the H. W. Wilson Foundation expand partnership to build an open dissertations database - June 29, 2015
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and the H.W. Wilson Foundation are expanding their partnership with the goal of making searching for electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) easier and more open. In 2014, the two organisations created American Doctoral Dissertations™ which contains indexing from the H.W. Wilson… Read More
SAGE set to publish the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism - June 29, 2015
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that it will begin publishing the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism (JCBFM) in partnership with the International Society for Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism (ISCBFM) from January 2016. JCBFM was previously published by Nature Publishing Group. JCBFM stands… Read More
ProQuest names John “JG” Chirapurath as its new Senior VP and General Manager of ProQuest Workflow Solutions - June 29, 2015
ProQuest has named John "JG" Chirapurath as its new Senior Vice President and General Manager of ProQuest Workflow Solutions. In his new role, Chirapurath will lead strategic development of the company's technology business that focuses on empowering academic researchers with solutions that improve research outcomes, and… Read More