ARL Membership Meeting scheduled for October 9–10 - September 3, 2013
ARL President Wendy Lougee, university librarian at University of Minnesota, will convene the 163rd ARL Membership Meeting in Arlington, Virginia, on the afternoon of October 9. Several programmes that build on recent discussions about strategic thinking and the future framework for ARL are in development. The… Read More
Thomson Reuters collaborates with ANVUR to evaluate quality of Italy’s research efforts - August 30, 2013
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters recently collaborated with the Agenzia Nazionale di Valutazione del sistema Universitario e della Ricerca (ANVUR), Italy's national agency for the evaluation of universities and research centers, for the Valutazione della Qualità della Ricerca (VQR), an exercise to… Read More
Knovel launches Marine Engineering & Naval Architecture subject area - August 29, 2013
Knovel, the US-based provider of a Web-based application that integrates technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced its 32nd subject area - Marine Engineering & Naval Architecture. Developed for design engineers in the engineering design & construction and oil & gas sectors, the collection… Read More
Techstreet expands energy, manufacturing and inspection standards content for the global engineering community - August 28, 2013
Industry codes and standards provider Techstreet, part of the Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, has signed new agreements with standards publishers - Petroleum Equipment Institute (PEI), American Nuclear Society (ANS), National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors (NBBI), Aluminum Association and FM… Read More
Taiwan has most citations per paper in educational research, says research - August 27, 2013
Taiwan has produced the most-cited publications on educational research projects around the world during the past three years. This is according to a recently published research conducted by Tseng Yuen-hsien, a research fellow and deputy head of National Taiwan Normal University's (NTNU's) Information Technology Center. … Read More
ARL publishes Digital Image Collections and Services, SPEC Kit 335 - August 27, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published Digital Image Collections and Services, SPEC Kit 335, which examines how research libraries and their parent institutions have responded to the transition from analog to digital images and the growth of digital images available from commercial vendors and/or… Read More
