SAGE Publishing launches SAGE Business Cases - April 20, 2016
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced the launch of SAGE Business Cases, the first comprehensive business case collection created specifically for the library market. The discipline-wide collection of case studies enables students and researchers to analyse real-world challenges and take on the roles of decision-makers in… Read More
SfN appoints new Editor-In-Chief for The Journal of Neuroscience - April 20, 2016
The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has announced the appointment of Marina Picciotto of Yale University as editor-in-chief of The Journal of Neuroscience, effective May 1. Picciotto, a former senior editor of JNeurosci as well as a past SfN treasurer and councillor, has served as the interim… Read More
ACRL becomes key dissemination partner for the NMC Horizon Report > Library Edition - April 20, 2016
The Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) has joined the network of partners behind the NMC Horizon Report > Library Edition. Since the inaugural report in 2014, the academic and research library-focused edition of the NMC Horizon Report series has been a collaboration between the… Read More
University of Montana selects the Ex Libris campusM as unified mobile platform - April 20, 2016
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the University of Montana (UM) has selected the Ex Libris campusM mobile campus solution to disseminate information and provide services to the campus community through a high-quality user experience. UM will benefit from the standards and best practices… Read More
Concordia University in Montreal becomes first Quebec university to adopt Get It Now - April 20, 2016
Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) and Copibec have announced a partnership with Concordia University in Montreal, which becomes the first Quebec university to use Get It Now. This service, already adopted by about 350 US higher education institutions, gives CEGEPs and universities access… Read More
SPARC and Johns Hopkins University Libraries collaborate to launch resource analyzing US federal data sharing policies - April 19, 2016
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University Libraries, has released a new resource for tracking, comparing, and understanding U.S. federal funder research data sharing policies. This free tool, launched at datasharing.sparcopen.org, provides a detailed analysis… Read More