Emerald announces winners of 7th annual Emerald High Usage Awards - February 8, 2018
Academic publisher Emerald Publishing has released the winners of the 7th annual Emerald High Usage Awards, listing the 20 global academic institutions that have received the highest number of eJournal downloads throughout 2017. The Emerald High Usage Awards celebrate the relationship between Emerald and each… Read More
Submissions now open for 2018 John Cotton Dana Award - February 7, 2018
The American Library Association (ALA) is now accepting submissions for the John Cotton Dana Awards (JCD). The John Cotton Dana Awards are managed by the Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) division of ALA and honour outstanding library public relations. Each year, up to eight… Read More
ProQuest announces executive changes – Belanger to lead Books, Valade named CTO - February 6, 2018
ProQuest has named Rich Belanger as senior vice president and general manager of its Books business unit. Roger Valade has been promoted to Chief Technology Officer. Kevin Sayar, co-founder of ebrary and leader of the ProQuest Books team since 2011, is taking on an advisory role… Read More
Voila: Library and Archives Canada launches new National Union Catalogue, adds unique records to WorldCat - February 5, 2018
Library and Archives Canada has launched Voilà, Canada's new National Union Catalogue that will make the country's documentary heritage more widely accessible and available to library users in Canada and around the world through WorldCat. Library and Archives Canada (LAC) catalogue… Read More
EBSCO Health clinical resources named 2018 Best in KLAS for clinical decision support - February 1, 2018
Two EBSCO Health clinical resources were named among the top performing point-of-care reference tools in the 2018 Best in KLAS: Software and Services report. KLAS, a research firm that specialises in monitoring and reporting the performance of healthcare vendors, found that Nursing Reference Center Plus™ and… Read More
OCLC in deal with publishers worldwide to make more content discoverable through libraries - January 31, 2018
OCLC has signed agreements with distinguished publishers from around the world to add metadata for high-quality books, e-books, journals, databases and other materials that will make their content discoverable through WorldCat Discovery. OCLC has agreements in place with 325 publishers and information providers to supply… Read More
