ConTech 2018 announces core themes and call for speakers - April 19, 2018
The ConTech 2018 chair team recently met to finalise a set of core themes and a call for speakers. Information providers and content owners are increasingly having to address the challenges of competing in a data world, driven by machine learning, artificial intelligence and other emerging… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health expands local language search capabilities in Ovid Discovery - April 18, 2018
Wolters Kluwer Health has announced an expansion of local language search capabilities in Ovid® Discovery that lets clinicians quickly and easily search evidence-based guidelines and other medical resources in German, Chinese, and six other languages. Clinicians now have a single point of entry to search… Read More
New LMS integration simplifies access to Gale resources, seamlessly connecting libraries to learners - April 18, 2018
Gale, a Cengage company, has made it easier for students and educators to discover and access Gale digital resources from within their learning management system (LMS). Gale has achieved conformance certification for Learning Tool Interoperability (LTI) 1.0 and Deep Linking from IMS Global Learning Consortium. Now… Read More
First SSP Berlin Regional Event discusses ways to improve discoverability of OA books - April 18, 2018
Members of the scholarly communications community in Berlin gathered for the first-ever Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) regional event on continental Europe to discuss ways to increase the discoverability of open access books on March 9, 2018. The speakers included Agata Morka, Senior Manager, OA books… Read More
Wiley partners with the March for Science - April 16, 2018
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Inc. has announced a partnership with the March for Science, a global nonpartisan movement that highlights the critical role science plays in improving our lives, understanding our world, and informing policymaking in communities across the world. On April 14, 2018, more… Read More
ProQuest and The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey in deal to provide researchers access to authoritative dissertation and thesis collection - April 12, 2018
ProQuest and TÜBİTAK ULAKBIM, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, have announced a partnership to provide researchers at higher education institutions in Turkey with access to full-text dissertations and theses from around the globe. The first national deal to be signed between ProQuest and… Read More