STM welcomes PEER conference’s support for gold open access - May 30, 2012
‘Gold’ open access (OA) publication is the practical route to achieving sustainable OA, the project partners have agreed at the PEER End of Project results conference in Brussels. The Publishing and the Ecology of European Research (PEER) project, which will report to the European Commission in… Read More
NFAIS webinar to discuss information behaviour of researchers of the future - May 21, 2012
The US’ National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) has announced that it will host a 90-minute webinar on June 20, 2012, from 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDST to hear the just-released results of a three-year study on the behaviour of the 'Generation Y' scholar… Read More
Ex Libris’ Primo Central Index to cover the Kotar Library and RAMBI - May 18, 2012
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that the Kotar online library and RAMBI, the Index of Articles on Jewish Studies, have made their content searchable in the Primo Central Index. The Primo Central Index, offered as a cloud-based service to hundreds… Read More
NFAIS to hold workshop next month on digital information and user behaviour - May 11, 2012
The US’ National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) has announced that it will hold a one-day workshop, Digital Information and User Behavior: Transforming Libraries, Content and Learning, on June 15, 2012 in Philadelphia from 9:00am – 4:30pm EDST. Virtual attendance is optional for those unable… Read More
National University selects Ex Libris’ Alma and Primo services - May 10, 2012
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has been selected by the National University to provide next-generation library management and discovery services through the Alma unified resource-management system and the Primo unified discovery and delivery system. As a one-stop service, Primo enables users to fulfill… Read More
Allen Press to host webinar series on Best Practices and Innovative Solutions for societies, associations and publishers - May 10, 2012
Publishing services provider Allen Press, Inc., US, will host its fourth webinar series, Best Practices and Innovative Solutions, designed for the staff of scholarly and professional societies and publishers. Six one-hour online introductory webinars will be presented monthly beginning June 13 and… Read More