ACRL Value of Academic Libraries initiative moves forward with roadmap from national summits - June 6, 2012
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has released a white paper, 'Connect, Collaborate, and Communicate: A Report from the Value of Academic Libraries Summits,' which reports on two invitational summits supported by a National Leadership Collaborative Planning Grant from the… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education and Instructure announce strategic partnership to expand McGraw-Hill Campus service - June 6, 2012
McGraw-Hill Higher Education, a unit of McGraw-Hill Education, US, has announced an expansion of its content and course integration service, McGraw-Hill Campus, through a strategic partnership with Instructure. The partnership will enable a deeper integration of McGraw-Hill Campus within Canvas across the country, making it even… Read More
Global submission rates for academic journals at their highest level in six years, says new report - June 5, 2012
The Intellectual Property & Science division of Thomson Reuters has released a new report affirming global submission rates for academic journals are at their highest level in six years. The ScholarOne Manuscripts report, Global Publishing: Changes in submission trends and the impact on scholarly publishers,… Read More
IEEE-SA, CCSA holding ‘Internet of Things’ workshop in Beijing - June 5, 2012
The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) has announced that it is collaborating with the China Communications Standards Association (CCSA) on a new ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) standards workshop. Scheduled for June 5, 2012 at the China World Hotel in Beijing, the CCSA/IEEE-SA Internet of Things Standards Workshop,… Read More
New Publishers Association and ALPSP report on the potential effect of making journals free after a six month embargo - June 4, 2012
The Publishers Association and the Association of Learned, Professional and Society Publishers (ALPSP) have released a report titled ‘The potential effect of making journals free after a six month embargo.’ The report found that an across-the-board mandate might have a material effect… Read More
Innovative Interfaces’ new institutional repository solution puts library at the center of knowledge management - June 4, 2012
Library automation services provider Innovative Interfaces, US, has announced that development of its new institutional repository module, Content Pro IRX, is complete and several library partners will begin beta testing this month. Innovative will offer IRX as an optional add-on module to Content Pro, its digital… Read More
