KHCPL and OCLC announce new partnership - August 2, 2019
The Kokomo-Howard County Public Library has announced a new partnership with OCLC, a nonprofit library organisation that provides shared technologies and services to libraries worldwide. Under the deal, KHCPL will implement OCLC Wise, the first community engagement system for U.S. public libraries. The estimated rollout is… Read More
AAP promotes Lui Simpson to Senior Vice President, Global Policy - August 2, 2019
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has announced that Lui Simpson has been promoted to the position of Senior Vice President, Global Policy after serving previously as a policy vice-president. In her new role, Simpson will continue to drive AAP’s work on a variety of borderless… Read More
Wiley performance remains strong in 2019 Journal Citation Reports - August 1, 2019
Performance by John Wiley and Sons Inc. in the 2019 release of Clarivate Analytics’ Journal Citation Reports (JCR) holds strong, maintaining its position as a top publisher in terms of the number of titles indexed, articles published, and citations received. Wiley maintained its share of JCR… Read More
inScience Communications collaborates with Big Brand Ideas to drive effective and measurable engagement - August 1, 2019
The medical communications agency inScience Communications, which is part of Springer Healthcare, has signed an exclusive global agreement with Big Brand Ideas (BBI), an integrated marketing and customer engagement agency, to offer digital solutions to their clients. The extensive scientific insight and editorial skills of… Read More
Public Library Association condemns Macmillan Publishers library lending model - August 1, 2019
The Public Library Association (PLA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has joined its parent organisation in denouncing Macmillan Publishers’ new library eBook lending model. Under the new model, scheduled to take effect November 1, a library may purchase only a single copy of… Read More
CRKN and CARL investigating national solution for minting DOIs with DataCite - August 1, 2019
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) are investigating the feasibility of a national consortial approach to DataCite, the global non-profit organisation that provides persistent identifiers (DOIs) for research data and other research outputs. … Read More
