State Library Victoria selects Ex Libris Rosetta for digital asset management, collection, and preservation - February 6, 2017
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that State Library Victoria has chosen the Ex Libris Rosetta digital preservation system to manage its digital resources and sustain them in perpetuity. Rosetta will be replacing the library's DigiTool® digital asset management system. State Library Victoria sought… Read More
ACCUCOMS appoints Geoff Worton as North America Sales Director - February 6, 2017
ACCUCOMS has announced the appointment of Geoff Worton as North America Sales Director. In his new role, Worton will be focusing on publisher facing business development. Geoff Worton previously held global sales management positions at Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., Nature Publishing Group, Elsevier Science, and… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - February 6, 2017
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Lettie Y. Conrad (Carving Out a Content Discovery Strategy); Sam Herbert (Introducing Content Enrichment as a strategic publishing capability); Kent Anderson (Scientific Publishing in a Time of Political Assaults); Marlene Belfort (Science as tranquilizer and trailblazer); and Colin Talbot (No… Read More
Elsevier acquires Plum Analytics from EBSCO Information Services - February 3, 2017
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the acquisition of Plum Analytics from EBSCO Information Services, a global information services company providing research and discovery platforms and access to premium content. The acquisition will enable Elsevier to significantly expand access to Plum Analytics' altmetrics… Read More
SAGE Publishing and the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health partner to publish Global Advances in Health and Medicine - February 3, 2017
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing will partner with the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health to publish Global Advances in Health and Medicine (GAHM), a peer-reviewed, open access journal dedicated to improving health and well-being through whole-person and whole-systems care and healing.… Read More
Kathrin Grün named Head of PR and Communications at the Frankfurter Buchmesse - February 3, 2017
Kathrin Grün has been appointed Head of PR and Communications at the Frankfurter Buchmesse, effective February 1, 2017. She will now be responsible for external corporate communications and product communication at national and international levels, and for positioning the company in the public eye. In her… Read More