Ex Libris endorses global open metadata initiatives - May 8, 2012
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that it will include the Harvard Library's catalogue records in the Ex Libris Alma Community Catalog, and Harvard's Digital Access to Scholarship (DASH) article repository in the Primo Central Index of scholarly content. Endorsing the… Read More
SPARC-ACRL forum scheduled to be held at ALA on June 23 - May 7, 2012
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has announced that the next SPARC-ACRL Forum, ‘Campus Open Access Funds: The State of Play’ will be held at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA, on June 23, 2012, from 4:00-5:30 pm in the Grand Ballroom South… Read More
Classical studies content from L’Année to be indexed in the Summon service - May 4, 2012
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business unit, has announced that its Summon service has reached an agreement to index L'Année philologique, an A&I database published by the Société Internationale de Bibliographie Classique, in collaboration with the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and the American… Read More
Portico and Association of University Programs in Health Administration announce preservation deal - May 4, 2012
The Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA) has entered into an agreement with non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US. The deal is to preserve the AUPHA's e-journal, Journal of Health Administration Education (JHAE). Through this agreement with Portico, AUPHA ensures that its… Read More
Academic and research libraries in Europe select Ex Libris’ Primo discovery and delivery solution - May 3, 2012
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that numerous academic and research libraries in Europe have selected the Primo discovery and delivery solution. In addition, several existing customers have supplemented their Primo offering with the Primo Central Index and the bX Recommender, while… Read More
UK public sector saving £28 million through open access to scholarly content, say reports - May 2, 2012
The UK Open Access Implementation Group (OAIG) has released two reports that say open access (OA) to published scholarly research offers significant benefits to the UK. The UK public sector already saves £28.6 million by using OA. The reports make it clear that both the… Read More
