University of Bristol selects OCLC WorldShare Management Services - February 21, 2018
The University of Bristol, ranked among the top universities in the world, has selected OCLC WorldShare Management Services as its new cloud-based library services platform. The university selected WorldShare Management Services (WMS) because it provides everything needed to manage a leading research library with world-class collections.… Read More
The 17th Annual Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences announced - February 21, 2018
The Wiley Foundation has announced that the seventeenth annual Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences will be awarded to Lynne E. Maquat for elucidating the mechanism of nonsense-mediated messenger RNA decay, a fundamental process whereby cells remove defective transcripts that can encode toxic proteins. Dr. Maquat… Read More
JDR Clinical & Translational Research wins PROSE Award for ‘Best New Journal in Biological and Life Sciences - February 16, 2018
The International and American Associations for Dental Research (IADR/AADR) have announced that IADR/AADR's latest journal, the JDR Clinical & Translational Research (JDR CTR), has won the PROSE Award for the 'Best New Journal in Biological and Life Sciences.' The PROSE Awards, given annually by the… Read More
Miami Dade College selects Ex Libris campusM mobile app to provide mobile information and communication services to students on the go - February 12, 2018
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, has announced that Florida's Miami Dade College (MDC) has chosen the Ex Libris campusMTM mobile solution to help consolidate information from the college's learning management system (LMS), student information system (SIS), and other campus services and display that information on students'… Read More
Three Thieme clinical textbooks receive 2018 PROSE Awards - February 9, 2018
Medical and scientific publisher Thieme Publishers has announced that three of its textbooks are being honoured with the prestigious 2018 American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (The PROSE Awards). Color Atlas of Brainstem Surgery by Robert F. Spetzler won first prize in the category… Read More
Jisc launches second wave of digital collections group purchasing pilot - February 8, 2018
JISC has launched the second wave of its pilot which last year saved participating libraries £127,000 on purchasing digital archival collections. EBSCO is the final publisher to join forces with Adam Matthew Digital, Brill, and ProQuest, to be part of the innovative group-purchasing pilot. The… Read More
