NFAIS webinar to focus on Ithaka S+R report Faculty Survey: Discovery, Scholarly Communication, and the Print to Electronic Transition - November 21, 2013
During the last decade the academic landscape has changed significantly. Library holdings are digital rather than physical, campuses are networked, and technology has invaded the classroom. As a result, the attitudes and practices of faculty as they relate to information discovery, research, publishing, and teaching have changed and continued to… Read More
Australia’s national science agency selects Ex Libris Alma and Primo - November 20, 2013
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has selected the Alma library management service and the Primo discovery and delivery solution. Alma and Primo replace a number of systems including Ex Libris Voyager and Proquest… Read More
Elsevier and Ex Libris announce collaborative initiative to incorporate SNIP and SNR journal metrics in the ranking of search results - November 19, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier and library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group have announced a collaborative initiative to use the source normalised impact per paper (SNIP) and SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) metrics in calculating relevance ranking for Primo search results. The SNIP… Read More
Primo Central Index now features metadata from e-books and e-journals published by De Gruyter - November 18, 2013
The Primo Central Index, a discovery and delivery service offered by the library software provider Ex Libris, now features metadata from all of the e-books and e-journals published by De Gruyter as well as its imprints and publishing partners. The Primo Central… Read More
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory unveils freely accessible, citable preprint server for biology – bioRxiv - November 18, 2013
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has announced the launch of a new stage in the evolution of life science communication - a new, free service, called bioRxiv. It is a preprint server that enables research scientists to share the results of their work before peer review… Read More
ARL invites proposals for 2014 Library Assessment Conference - November 15, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the University of Washington Libraries, and the conference planning committee are inviting proposals for the 2014 Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment, to be held in Seattle, Washington, August 4 – 6, 2014. The deadline for submissions is… Read More
