Ex Libris’ Primo Central Index to cover metadata from research data published by Australian National Data Service - September 13, 2012
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has reached an agreement with the Australian National Data Service (ANDS) to syndicate the metadata of the research data that ANDS stores and makes accessible to researchers. This agreement is part of the Ex Libris initiative to expand… Read More
Nominations for 2013 Service Quality Evaluation Academy called for - September 13, 2012
The 2013 Service Quality Evaluation Academy, co-sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), is now accepting participant nominations, with a deadline of December 14, 2012. The event is scheduled for March 11–15, 2013, at New Orleans, Louisiana.… Read More
Reference and User Services Association seeks webinar proposals for 2013 online learning offerings - September 13, 2012
E-books, library programming and outreach, reference services, collection marketing and leading a book group are some of the webinar topics sought by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) for spring 2013. Proposals can be submitted via online form through December 1, 2012. RUSA webinars… Read More
Gale to preserve two more collections with Portico - September 11, 2012
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced the addition of two Gale Digital Collections – Nineteenth Century Collections Online and National Geographic Magazine Archive, 1888-1994 to Portico’s D-Collections Service. Portico has already preserved more than 1,380,000 objects and 83,000,000 files from 14 Gale Collections… Read More
Serials Solutions’ Summon discovery service expands coverage of open access scholarly content - September 10, 2012
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has announced new agreements with three publishers of scholarly open access journal and book content. The publishers are: New Zealand based Libertas Academica; eScholarship@McGill, the McGill University open access collection; and the Directory of Open Access Books, provided by Open Access… Read More
UBM TechWeb’s E2 Innovate announces keynote speakers - September 10, 2012
E2 Innovate, formerly known as the Enterprise 2.0 Conference, produced by UBM TechWeb, has announced initial keynote speakers from Emergence Capital Partners, Google, Greylock Partners, IDC, Mayfield Fund and more. E2 Innovate is scheduled to be held from November 12-15, at the Santa Clara Convention Center.… Read More
