OCLC Sustainable Collection Services now support shared print monograph projects via its GreenGlass application - January 11, 2016
OCLC Sustainable Collection Services (SCS) now supports shared print monograph projects through its GreenGlass application. GreenGlass group features extend collection visualisation and interactivity to consortial or regional collections, enabling participating libraries to better understand and manage their shared collection. GreenGlass, an interactive decision-support application, has… Read More
SirsiDynix announces increased BLUEcloud adoption and new customers in 2015 - January 11, 2016
Library automation solutions provider SirsiDynix has announced that in 2015 over 115 library systems chose SirsiDynix as their new ILS provider. In addition, the next-generation BLUEcloud Library Services Platform continues to enjoy strong adoption with more than 1700 SirsiDynix customers now using one or more BLUEcloud… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - January 11, 2016
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Vyacheslav Polonski (The Next Decade of Data Science: Rethinking key challenges faced by big data researchers); Justin Fox (Academic publishing is all about status); Joseph Esposito (The Terrible Burden of a Prestigious Brand); Elizabeth Gibney (Open journals that piggyback on… Read More
Publishers require authors to use an ORCID identifier during the publication process - January 8, 2016
A group of seven publishers have announced, during 2016, they will begin requiring authors to use an ORCID identifier (iD) during the publication process. The American Geophysical Union (AGU), eLife, EMBO, Hindawi, the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the Public Library of Science… Read More
Elsevier announces inaugural issue of new open access journal – Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications - January 8, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the first issue of its new open access journal - Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications. The issue features a new method to make cancer clinical trials more effective, a better way of determining whether a trial was successful and a dashboard that… Read More
New national licence agreement offers Switzerland unlimited access to Cochrane Library - January 8, 2016
A new national licence agreement offers Switzerland unlimited access to the Cochrane Library - the leading resource in evidence-based health care. Swiss patients and healthcare practitioners will now have access to more than 6500 published systematic reviews in healthcare interventions through one-click access to the… Read More
