Bowker to supply data for TitlePager - November 17, 2017
TitlePager, a resource that enables authors to create landing page sites for their titles, is turning to Bowker to connect them with metadata to enhance their business. Bowker is a ProQuest affiliate and acts as the retail agent for ProQuest's renowned metadata. TitlePager offers easy-to-build… Read More
Swiss National Library selects Ex Libris Alma and Primo - November 16, 2017
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the Swiss National Library (NL) has selected the Ex Libris Alma® library services platform and Ex Libris Primo discovery and delivery solution. The NL decided to replace its legacy integrated library system, VTLS Virtua, with an up-to-date management… Read More
African Academy of Science partners with F1000 to launch AAS Open Research publication platform - November 16, 2017
The African Academy of Sciences, in partnership with F1000, is launching a publication platform, AAS Open Research, to enable AAS funded and affiliated researchers to publish immediately and without barriers. AAS Open Research will showcase African research on… Read More
Kudos unveils shareable PDF solution addressing illegal sharing of copyright content - November 16, 2017
Kudos, the service for maximizing the reach and impact of research publications, has announced the launch of its shareable PDF solution, which helps publishers prevent copyright infringement and reclaim lost usage from sharing of research articles on scholarly collaboration networks (SCNs). Authors of articles published… Read More
Five journals to move to Presses universitaires de France in 2018 - November 16, 2017
Presses universitaires de France (Puf) will continue publishing four NecPlus journals, which will be released on January 1, 2018 - Enfance, L'Année psychologique, Communication & Langages, and Revue d'études comparatives Est- Ouest (Receo). At the same time, Puf will also publish the Archives juives journal. … Read More
ARL Board of Directors appoint Anne R. Kenney as interim executive director - November 16, 2017
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Board of Directors has appointed Anne R. Kenney as interim executive director of the Association, effective January 1, 2018. Kenney served as Carl A. Kroch university librarian at Cornell University from April 2008 to April 2017, when she went… Read More
