Australia’s Bond University opts for Ex Libris Alma and Primo - June 3, 2014
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris® Group has announced that Bond University, in Queensland, Australia, has selected the Ex Libris Primo® discovery and delivery solution and the Alma resource management service. The growing collection of the library's electronic resources, together with its strategic priority of supporting… Read More
Harvard Library on track to implement Primo - June 2, 2014
The Harvard Library is on track to implement Primo - a new scholarly search tool - this summer. The Library, following an extensive review of discovery systems, announced its decision to adopt the Primo discovery and delivery system from Ex Libris in April 2014. Discovery systems… Read More
Elsevier enhances pharmacovigilance solution with Embase database - May 28, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has announced an enhanced risk monitoring and pharmacovigilance solution with Embase, its biomedical database, now seamlessly connecting to PharmaPendium, a source of extensive regulatory data. Embase claims to be the world's most comprehensive international biomedical database that enables tracking and retrieval of valuable… Read More
Scientific Data launches with first Data Descriptors - May 28, 2014
Open access publication Scientific Data has launched online, publishing its first eight Data Descriptors across fields including neuroscience, ecology and epidemiology. Scientific Data is the latest open research initiative from Nature Publishing Group. Data Descriptors, Scientific Data's article type, are peer-reviewed,… Read More
Food Systems Development Project to preserve e-journal with Portico - May 27, 2014
Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that Food Systems Development Project will be preserving its e-journal, the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, in the Portico archive. The Food Systems Development Project is based in Ithaca, NY, and is a project of the… Read More
American Library Association to discuss new directions for digital content at Annual Conference - May 27, 2014
The American Library Association (ALA) Digital Content Working Group will host a session named 'ALA and Moving Ahead with Digital Content,' during the 2014 American Library Association Annual Conference in Las Vegas. This session broadly discusses the recent ebook activities and future plans for digital content.… Read More
