LBF and Nielsen Book announce third edition of the Virtual Conference: Publishing Around the Globe - May 12, 2017
The London Book Fair has announced that the third edition of its Virtual Conference: Publishing Around the Globe, will return on June 1, 2017, exploring key trends in important global publishing markets through a series of social media events taking place on one day. Supported… Read More
University of Genoa selects Ex Libris Alma Service to unify management of resources - May 12, 2017
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that Italy's University of Genoa (Università degli Studi di Genova) has opted to migrate to the Ex Libris Alma® library management service to help meet the increasing demand for electronic resources. Integrated with the university's Primo discovery and delivery… Read More
IOP Publishing celebrates 50 years of the Journal of Physics series - May 12, 2017
IOP Publishing is celebrating 50 years of its Journal of Physics series. The Journal of Physics (JPhys) series encompasses five core physics journals, a conference series and a new open access journal covering all of physics. In celebration of this anniversary, IOP Publishing has commissioned a… Read More
IET announces new President-elect - May 12, 2017
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has announced that Nick Winser CBE will become its next President, taking up the position on October 1, 2017. Nick's career within the energy sector spans over 30 years, culminating in his recent appointment as Chairman of Energy… Read More
Wikipedia editors can now easily add citations that link to library resources in WorldCat - May 12, 2017
Non-profit global library cooperative OCLC and the Wikimedia Foundation's Wikipedia Library are working together to make it easy for editors to link citations in Wikipedia to millions of library materials represented in WorldCat, the world's most comprehensive database of information about library collections. References and… Read More
Springer celebrates 175 years since its founding - May 11, 2017
Scientific publisher Springer is celebrating its 175th company anniversary. The foundations for today's company were laid on May 10, 1842 when Julius Springer, at the age of 25, opened his bookstore and publishing house in Berlin. His aim was to bring current and accurate scientific findings… Read More
