ACRL Value of Academic Libraries initiative moves forward with roadmap from national summits - June 6, 2012
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has released a white paper, 'Connect, Collaborate, and Communicate: A Report from the Value of Academic Libraries Summits,' which reports on two invitational summits supported by a National Leadership Collaborative Planning Grant from the… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education and Instructure announce strategic partnership to expand McGraw-Hill Campus service - June 6, 2012
McGraw-Hill Higher Education, a unit of McGraw-Hill Education, US, has announced an expansion of its content and course integration service, McGraw-Hill Campus, through a strategic partnership with Instructure. The partnership will enable a deeper integration of McGraw-Hill Campus within Canvas across the country, making it even… Read More
Global submission rates for academic journals at their highest level in six years, says new report - June 5, 2012
The Intellectual Property & Science division of Thomson Reuters has released a new report affirming global submission rates for academic journals are at their highest level in six years. The ScholarOne Manuscripts report, Global Publishing: Changes in submission trends and the impact on scholarly publishers,… Read More
Springer and the Scottish Higher Education Digital Library Consortium sign licensing agreement - June 5, 2012
STM publisher Springer and the Scottish Higher Education Digital Library Consortium (SHEDL) recently signed an agreement for access to electronic journal subscriptions and eBooks on Springer’s platform SpringerLink. Every SHEDL member will now have access to an enormous database of content consisting of nearly 2,000… Read More
New Publishers Association and ALPSP report on the potential effect of making journals free after a six month embargo - June 4, 2012
The Publishers Association and the Association of Learned, Professional and Society Publishers (ALPSP) have released a report titled ‘The potential effect of making journals free after a six month embargo.’ The report found that an across-the-board mandate might have a material effect… Read More
PEER Project presents results of study at Brussels event - June 1, 2012
The PEER Project held its final event to present the results on May 29 in Brussels. More than 100 attendees from the research, university and STM publishing communities, as well as policy makers, attended the conference. Comments by Vice President Neelie Kroes (Digital Agenda) from the… Read More
