Max Planck and Taylor & Francis Group sign open access agreement - January 18, 2017
The Max Planck Digital Library and Taylor & Francis Group have signed an agreement which enables researchers based in Max Planck institutes to publish open access in 2,390 journals, under a centrally funded arrangement. This applies to peer-reviewed papers in full and… Read More
ProQuest’s MLA International Bibliography named to Choice’s selection of Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016 - January 18, 2017
The newly redesigned ProQuest® platform for the Modern Language Association International Bibliography (MLAIB) database has been named to Choice's selection of Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016. Choice says the annual list 'reflects the best in scholarly titles reviewed by Choice and brings with it the extraordinary… Read More
EBSCO Information Services and Stacks Inc. accepting entries for inaugural Stacks Public Library Website Makeover Award - January 18, 2017
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and Stacks Inc. (Stacks) are now accepting applications for the inaugural Stacks Public Library Website Makeover Award. One winner will receive a free three-year library website makeover as well as up to $1,000 in travel expenses to attend… Read More
Usage statistics for Pilot and Round 2 e-books now available - January 18, 2017
Knowledge Unlatched, a not-for- profit company based in England, has revealed the first download figures for KU Round 2 titles that have been unlatched so far. In Round 2, 78 new Humanities and Social Sciences e-books from 26 publishers were made Open Access through the… Read More
Royal College of General Practitioners’ new open access journal launched on the HighWire JCore platform - January 18, 2017
The Royal College of General Practitioners' has announced that its new open access journal, BJGP Open, has been launched on the HighWire JCore platform, joining the British Journal of General Practice which was launched on JCore in 2013. Edited by Professor Roger Jones, the journal… Read More
OCLC’s acquisition of Relais International to provide library consortia more options for resource sharing - January 18, 2017
OCLC has agreed to acquire Relais International, an interlibrary loan solution provider based in Ottawa, Canada, to significantly increase resource sharing options and capabilities for both Relais customers and OCLC member libraries and groups worldwide. Relais has been working with libraries for more than 20… Read More
