Portico announces preservation deals with European Scientific Institute, RCVS Knowledge and Sociedade Brasileira de Reprodução Assistida - June 6, 2016
Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that the European Scientific Institute (ESI) will preserve e-journals with Portico, ensuring that they will be secure and available into the future. ESI publishes several peer reviewed journals, among which is one of the largest interdisciplinary journals in Europe—the European… Read More
Peter Lang to transition all journals and books onto PubFactory in Summer 2016 - June 6, 2016
Academic publisher Peter Lang has announced that its move to the PubFactory online publishing platform will unify their content and business operations to further strengthen Peter Lang's growing academic brand in the global marketplace. For over 40 years, Peter Lang has published academic research worldwide and… Read More
ACCUCOMS unveils ‘The Aggregagent’ - June 6, 2016
ACCUCOMS, a provider of sales and representation services for publishers, has launched The Aggregagent to take high quality subject collections of content to the world's libraries. The Aggregagent allows publishers to access a greater market for their publications, without compromising brand or… Read More
Fourth profile in ARL series highlights digital scholarship support at ARL member libraries - June 6, 2016
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the fourth profile in a series highlighting digital scholarship support at ARL member libraries. The latest installment in this series features the work of the University of Florida Libraries. The University of Florida profile presents a brief history… Read More
SirsiDynix and Altarama sign distribution agreement - June 6, 2016
Library automation solutions provider SirsiDynix has signed a distribution agreement with Altarama under which SirsiDynix clients can purchase Altarama's RefTracker and DeskStats systems as part of their existing ILS agreements. Already used by Horizon, Symphony and EOS libraries, the popular reference management modules will be more… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - June 6, 2016
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Andy Tattersall (0 is the magic number: Why small numbers matter just as much as large ones when we talk about altmetrics.); Phil Davis (Bitcoin: A Solution to Publisher Authentication and Usage Accounting); Jill O'Neill (Watching and Documenting An Evolving… Read More
