OCLC Research and euroCRIS announce strategic partnership - October 20, 2017
OCLC Research and euroCRIS, the international organisation for research information, has announced a strategic partnership to recognise and understand international research information management practices through collaborative research. The two organisations signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) earlier this year. Research information management (RIM) is the… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education appoints Lloyd “Buzz” Waterhouse as Interim President & CEO - October 20, 2017
Learning science company McGraw-Hill Education has announced the appointment of Lloyd "Buzz" Waterhouse as the company's interim president and chief executive officer. He succeeds David Levin who is leaving the company. Waterhouse previously served as the president and CEO of McGraw-Hill Education from June of… Read More
Norwegian Library Systems Consortium BIBSYS opts for Ex Libris Leganto for National Reading List Framework - October 20, 2017
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that BIBSYS-the agency of the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research that provides library services to universities and colleges, research institutions, and the National Library-has chosen the Ex Libris LegantoSM reading list solution after an exhaustive tendering process. … Read More
Medical online content sales to surpass books in 2018, says new Simba Information report - October 19, 2017
Media and publishing intelligence firm Simba Information has released a report titled 'Global Medical Publishing 2017-2021.' The report notes that online content continues to grow faster than all other channels - faster than the largest category journals and much faster than books. Steep declines in… Read More
Italian National Agency for University and Research Systems Evaluations selects Elsevier’s Scopus data for national research assessment - October 19, 2017
Elsevier, the information analytics business specializing in science and health, has announced that the Italian National Agency for University and Research Systems Evaluations (ANVUR) has selected Scopus, the world's largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific literature, as its bibliometric data provider for the review… Read More
Clarivate Analytics partners with the International Society for Informetrics and Scientometrics as ISSI 2017 conference sponsor - October 19, 2017
Clarivate Analytics, the global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics to enable researchers to accelerate discovery, has announced its partnership with the International Society for Informetrics and Scientometrics (ISSI) as one of two sponsors of its ISSI 2017 conference which will be held at Wuhan… Read More