David S. Kidder and Dr. Margaret-Ann Amour featured keynote presenters at the Society for Scholarly Publishing 38th Annual Meeting, June 1-3 - May 4, 2016
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) has announced that its keynote speakers for the SSP 38th Annual Meeting to be held June 1-3 in Vancouver, BC are David S. Kidder and Dr. Margaret-Ann Amour. Kidder, who will speak on June 2, is the co-founder and CEO… Read More
Ex Libris introduces new citation trail capability, provides researchers and students with more ways to discover resources - May 3, 2016
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced the new Primo® citation trail capability, which is part of the May 2016 release of the Ex Libris Primo discovery and delivery solution. Leveraging Primo Central's vast quantity of data, which goes far beyond the data available in individual… Read More
OpenAIRE webinar on call for proposals to fund APC-free Open Access journals and platforms - May 3, 2016
OpenAIRE is hosting a webinar to learn more about the new OpenAIRE call for proposals to fund APC-free Open Access journals and platforms under the alternative funding mechanism of the FP7 Post-Grant Open Access Pilot. The webinar will be held on May 12, 2016 at 10:00… Read More
Portico now preserves one billion files - April 29, 2016
ITHAKA, a not-for-profit leader in developing new solutions to advance and preserve knowledge, has announced that its large-scale digital preservation service Portico now preserves one billion files or, in practical terms, more than 20,000 e-journals, 400,000 e-books, and 600 million images that include vast collections of… Read More
University of Cambridge selects Ex Libris’ Alma and Primo - April 28, 2016
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the University of Cambridge has chosen the Ex Libris Alma® resource management service and Primo® discovery and delivery solution to help modernise library management and improve the search experience for students, instructors, and researchers. The University of… Read More
STM Launches Tech Trends 2020: The Floodgates of Technology are Open! - April 28, 2016
The new STM Tech Trends is being launched at the ongoing STM Annual US Conference in Washington DC. The theme of this year’s infographic look into the future of STM publishing is: The Floodgates of Technology are Open. The Tech Trends 2020 emphasize how the growth… Read More
