Library Journal and Gale name Ferguson Municipal Public Library 2015 Library of the Year - June 9, 2015
Ferguson Municipal Public Library of Ferguson has been named the 2015 Library of the Year by Library Journal magazine and Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. The small suburban library rose above the chaos and stepped up to provide sanctuary and resources for all in a… Read More
Nominations for 2016 Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World now open - June 8, 2015
Nominations are now open for the Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World, a high-profile honour for scientific and career achievements by women from developing countries in five regions: Latin America and the Caribbean; the Arab region; Sub-Saharan Africa; Central and South… Read More
ProQuest presents at the CALIS Annual Conference - June 5, 2015
CALIS (China Academic Library and Information System) recently hosted its annual conference on May 12, 2015, in Shanghai. Imported resources from overseas are one of the most important parts of library construction. Since 2002, CALIS (China Academic Library and Information System) has successfully hosted an annual conference to help… Read More
ACRL appoints Wendi Arant Kaspar as College & Research Libraries editor - June 5, 2015
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has announced the appointment of Wendi Arant Kaspar to the post of editor for College & Research Libraries (C&RL). Kaspar will serve a three-year term beginning July 1, 2016. Kaspar will serve as editor designate from July… Read More
Three major German consortia select Ex Libris’ Alma resource management service - June 4, 2015
Library automation services Ex Libris Group has announced that the Bibliotheksservice-Zentrum Baden-Württemberg (BSZ), the Verbundzentrale des Gemeinsamen Bibliotheksverbunds (VZG), and the Hochschulbibliothekszentrum des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen (hbz) consortia have selected the Alma® resource management service as the technology infrastructure for their new Common Bibliographic Data Zone, which… Read More
Health Education England partners with ProQuest to supply healthcare research information to professionals and students - June 3, 2015
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), working in partnership with and on behalf of Health Education England, have signed a three year national license with ProQuest to provide access to a variety of core healthcare databases. This agreement will enable all NHS staff… Read More
