The Wiley Foundation announces winners of 18th annual Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences - February 21, 2019
The Wiley Foundation has announced that the 18th annual Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences will be awarded to Svante Pääbo and David Reich for sequencing the genomes of ancient humans and extinct relatives, revealing the origin and ancestry of contemporary humans and the diverse populations. … Read More
Shortlist for LBF International Excellence Awards 2019 announced - February 15, 2019
The shortlist for The London Book Fair International Excellence Awards 2019 has been announced, with USA leading the way with five nominations, closely followed by Brazil and India with three each - and 26 countries represented. The awards, which are held in partnership with the… Read More
OCLC and Couperin.org partner to enhance EZproxy authentication software - February 14, 2019
Non-profit global library cooperative OCLC has announced a partnership with the Couperin.org Consortium, the French non-profit that developed ezPAARSE software with the CNRS Institute for Scientific Information, to enhance OCLC's EZproxy authentication software with analytics features and to expand the use of… Read More
IWA Publishing and Knowledge Unlatched make 14 book titles Open Access - February 11, 2019
IWA Publishing has announced that through their recent partnership with Knowledge Unlatched (KU), a library crowd-funding initiative, they have made 14 of their books Open Access. Titles are available to download for free on the IWA Publishing website, the KU platform and the Directory of Open… Read More
Association of American Publishers recognises AERA Open as Best New Journal in Social Sciences - February 11, 2019
Association of American Publishers (AAP) has named AERA Open as ‘Best New Journal in Social Sciences’ for the 2019 Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE Awards). The awards honoured scholarly works published in 2018, including books, journals, and digital products that demonstrated exceptional scholarship… Read More
ProQuest customers gain access to 630 Melbourne University Publishing titles - February 6, 2019
ProQuest and Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) recently announced an agreement providing academic libraries access to 630 titles via the Ebook Central platform, where they can acquire them by demand-driven acquisition or single-title purchase. For the first time ever, nearly the entire catalogue… Read More
