Scholarly Publishing Association convenes Annual Meeting in Austin - June 14, 2017
The 2017 Annual Meeting of the Association of American University Presses (AAUP) kicked off June 11-13, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Attended by more than 650 scholarly publishing professionals from all over the world, this year's program continued to encourage collaboration across university and scholarly presses, with… Read More
The European Commission signs framework agreement for Ex Libris Primo and Alma - June 7, 2017
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the European Commission has signed an inter-institutional framework agreement for the supply of the Ex Libris Alma library services platform and Ex Libris Primo discovery and delivery solution. Libraries from ten European institutions and bodies will benefit from… Read More
Institution of Engineering and Technology to host global STEM competition in the UK - June 6, 2017
The STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) skills of hundreds of budding young engineers will be challenged when they compete in a robotic competition for students organised by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), hosted at the University of Bath and sponsored by Bechtel. … Read More
German National Consortium and Portico sign digital preservation agreement - June 5, 2017
Digital preservation service Portico and a national consortium of German academic institutions has announced an agreement for consortium member libraries to join the Portico digital preservation service. By participating in Portico, German institutions and the communities they serve will be assured continued access to important scholarly… Read More
Research Information partners with London Info International to host its first one-day conference - June 5, 2017
Research Information will host its first one-day conference, in partnership with London Info International. 'Challenges in the Scholarly Publishing Cycle,' an interactive one-day conference for publishers, information professionals and academics, will be held on December 4 at the Business Design Centre, London. Organised by Research… Read More
Portico announces 1,000th library supporting digital preservation - June 1, 2017
Digital preservation service Portico has announced that the University Library of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, as its 1,000th participating library. Since its inception in 2006, libraries have relied on Portico to preserve academic e-journals, e-books, and other digital scholarship, and ensure that it remains available for future generations.… Read More
