Marin County Free Library selects OCLC’s CONTENTdm to manage digital collections - September 1, 2017
OCLC has announced that the Marin County Free Library's Anne T. Kent California Room, earlier this year, switched from locally hosting CONTENTdm to CONTENTdm hosted by OCLC. The library also switched to CONTENTdm's new responsive end-user interface, which has improved the display of its oral history… Read More
CARL appoints Jeff Moon as Director, Portage - September 1, 2017
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) has announced the appointment of Jeff Moon as the next Director of Portage. Moon has accepted a secondment commencing September 15, 2017. He succeeds Chuck Humphrey, who has held this role since September 2015. Portage is a national… Read More
OCUL’s Scholars Portal Journals reaches 50M article milestone - September 1, 2017
The Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) has announced that the Scholars Portal Journals platform has loaded its 50 millionth journal article. Scholars Portal Journals provides students, faculty and researchers at Ontario's universities easy access to articles on a wide range of academic subjects through… Read More
Holiday Notice - September 1, 2017
This is to inform our esteemed subscribers that there will be no newsletter dispatch on September 4, 2017 on account of Labor day. We will resume our newsletter service on Tuesday, September 5, 2017. The newsletter will contain all the headlines that have appeared after the September 1st issue.
Joint white paper explores Chinese nanoscience and technology - August 31, 2017
Springer Nature, the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China, and the National Science Library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) released in both Chinese and English a white paper entitled 'Small Science in Big China: An overview of the state of Chinese nanoscience and… Read More
Wiley and AACC International announce new publishing partnership - August 31, 2017
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Inc. has been selected by the AACC International (AACCI) as publishing partner for its prestigious scholarly journal Cereal Chemistry. Founded as the American Association of Cereal Chemists in 1915, the AACCI is a leading international professional association… Read More
