Arizona State University selects ProQuest SIPX to reduce students’ course materials costs and enhance the educational experience - October 22, 2015
ProQuest SIPX, provider of the most complete digital course materials solutions in higher education, has signed a three-year deal with Arizona State University (ASU), the largest public university in the U.S. with over 90,000 students. ASU will integrate the SIPX Central service—a scalable, self-service configuration that… Read More
ARL awarded IMLS, Sloan Foundation grant to expand and enhance SHARE - October 22, 2015
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has been awarded a joint $1.2 million grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to expand and enhance SHARE's open data set of research and scholarly activities across their life cycle.… Read More
The CCDC celebrates 800,000th structure in the Cambridge Structural Database - October 22, 2015
The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) has announced that the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) has passed the milestone of 800,000 expert-curated experimental crystal structures with the addition of a novel metal-organic paddle-wheel structure from researchers in Spain. The CSD is the world's only comprehensive and… Read More
The University of Alabama at Birmingham opts for Ex Libris cloud-based solutions - October 22, 2015
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris® Group has announced that the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has decided to adopt the Ex Libris Alma® library management service, Primo® discovery and delivery solution, and Rosetta digital asset management and preservation solution. The university libraries will be… Read More
Berghahn Books to re-launch their journals portfolio on PubFactory, the scholarly publishing platform from Safari - October 22, 2015
Berghahn Books' choice of PubFactory to host their new journals publishing platform will feature a complete site redesign to maximise the prestige of the Berghahn Books brand, enhance user engagement, and provide a mobile optimised content interface. Berghahn Books is an independent publisher of distinguished… Read More
UBM Tech names Alethea Yip and Jessica Davis as new Editors of InformationWeek - October 22, 2015
InformationWeek, a trusted media brand of business technology professionals, has named Alethea Yip as Managing Editor and Jessica Davis as Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps. In her new role, Alethea Yip will be guiding InformationWeek's day-to-day content creation and production process, working directly with staff editors… Read More
