Elsevier and ADSA announce winners of the fifth annual Journal of Dairy Science Most-Cited Awards - July 28, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier and the American Dairy Science Association have announced the winners of the fifth annual Journal of Dairy Science® (JDS) Most-Cited Awards. Papers published in JDS throughout 2012 were eligible and citations from date of publication until April 15, 2015 were taken into consideration.… Read More
New Community Center offers a place online for library staff to share ideas about OCLC services, best practices - July 24, 2015
The new OCLC Community Center offers a place for library staff to connect online, share best practices, stay up to date on new product releases and contribute ideas to improve OCLC services. Introduced to user groups at the 2015 ALA Annual Conference in June, the… Read More
ProQuest appoints Clay McDaniel as VP Global Marketing - July 23, 2015
ProQuest has announced the appointment of Clay McDaniel as Vice President Global Marketing. In this role, he will oversee the teams responsible for the company's comprehensive integrated go-to-market strategies, including product and field marketing, corporate communications, brand, and marketing operations. Prior to joining ProQuest, Clay… Read More
New Innovative Interfaces, Inc. (III) survey affirms primacy of web access and identifies key service challenges - July 21, 2015
Software company Innovative Interfaces, Inc. (III) has announced the publication of survey results from over 4,000 library users at seven academic libraries in the UK. 'We Love the Library, but We Live on the Web - Findings around how academic library users view online resources and… Read More
OCUL releases web-based version of the OCUL Accessibly Information Toolkit for Libraries - July 20, 2015
The Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) has released a web-based version of the OCUL Accessibly Information Toolkit for Libraries, previously available only as a PDF. Anyone interested in making Ontario's academic libraries and institutions more inclusive can now more easily browse, search, and consult this… Read More
PeerJ awarded the DOAJ Seal - July 16, 2015
Open access publisher PeerJ has been awarded the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) Seal. The DOAJ only awards the seal to 'journals that adhere to an exceptionally high level of publishing standards and best practice.' To be awarded the DOAJ Seal journals must fulfil… Read More