2016 ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits — thousands of attendees address the many ways libraries transform - January 13, 2016
11,716 librarians, library workers and supporters, including 3,622 exhibitors, shared the latest library-related trends, updates, innovations, products, titles and services at the 2016 American Library Association Midwinter Meeting and Exhibits in Boston, Jan. 8-12. Lively conversations, productive problem-solving and networking took place throughout the Boston Convention… Read More
Enviro Research Publishers and the International Journal of Food Studies to preserve e-journals with Portico - January 12, 2016
Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that Enviro Research Publishers will preserve e-journals with Portico, ensuring that they will be secure and available into the future. Enviro Research Publishers is a publishing house from India that provides the research community with… Read More
The Society for Scholarly Publishing to continue its Librarian Focus Group sessions at the American Geophysical Union in Washington, DC - January 8, 2016
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) continues its Librarian Focus Group sessions with "Provoking thoughts: The End of Libraries and Publishers as We Know It". This will be a panel session held in Washington, DC, on February 2, 2016 at the American Geophysical Union. The day-long… Read More
Ex Libris cloud solutions to power four libraries in the UC Davis library system - January 7, 2016
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company®, has acquired the Ex Libris Alma® resource management solution and the Primo® discovery solution. Having run the Aleph® integrated library system for over ten years, UC Davis was keen to upgrade to a next-generation resource management solution that could streamline… Read More
Tennessee Tech and Community Colleges opt for Ex Libris Alma and Primo - January 6, 2016
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest® company, has announced that Tennessee Tech University and four affiliated community colleges—Motlow State, Pellissippi State, Roane State, and Volunteer State Community Colleges—have selected the Ex Libris Primo® discovery solution and Alma® resource management solution. These solutions will replace multiple systems, including Innovative… Read More
The German National Library of Science and Technology features new name, website and corporate design - January 5, 2016
The German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) has been transformed into a public-law foundation of the Federal State of Lower Saxony on January 1, 2016 following the merger of the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) and Leibniz Universität Hannover University Library… Read More
