Submissions for 2015 Brill/IFLA Open Access award called for - February 3, 2015
International scholarly publisher Brill and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) have announced the 2015 IFLA/Brill Open Access award. The IFLA/Brill Open Access award is created to reward initiatives that facilitate and/or promote Open Access Scholarly Monographs in the humanities or social… Read More
ProQuest’s new integrated ebook platform to be called ProQuest Ebook Central - February 2, 2015
ProQuest unveiled the name of its eagerly anticipated new ebook platform - ProQuest Ebook Central™. Launching in mid-2015, ProQuest Ebook Central will integrate key elements from both ebrary and EBL - Ebook Library, along with all-new functionality, delivering a next-generation experience for researchers and librarians around… Read More
Memorial University of Newfoundland opts for Ex Libris Solutions - February 2, 2015
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that Memorial University in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada has adopted a suite of Ex Libris solutions comprising Alma® library management solution, the Primo® discovery and delivery solution, and the Rosetta digital asset management and preservation system. These… Read More
ProQuest joins BIBCO and ECIP Cataloging Partnership Programs - January 30, 2015
ProQuest has announced that it has become a partner in the Library of Congress' Electronic Cataloging in Publication (ECIP) Cataloging Partnership and BIBCO Programs. The company is the first publisher ever to partner in the ECIP program and joins academic libraries in cataloguing pre-publication galleys of… Read More
University of Iowa Libraries select Ex Libris Cloud solutions - January 30, 2015
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the University of Iowa has selected Ex Libris Alma for next-generation resource management services. Alma will replace a number of systems, including the Aleph integrated library system. Having used Aleph for 15 years, Iowa Libraries… Read More
Academic institutions worldwide select ProQuest Intota for transformative library management capabilities and industry-leading user experience - January 29, 2015
Academic institutions around the world are selecting the IntotaTM library services platform, a transformational cloud-based service that simplifies two major challenges libraries face today - collection assessment and e-resource management. Released last June, Intota v1 combines industry-leading discovery, linking, collection management and… Read More
