Elsevier’s Bitcoin book honoured with Outstanding Business Reference Source award - July 20, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that its book, Handbook of Digital Currency: Bitcoin, Innovation, Financial Instruments, and Big Data, edited by David Lee Kuo Cheun, has received one of only two 'Outstanding' designations as a Business Reference Source by the Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS)… Read More
Highland City Library selects SirsiDynix software solutions and data housing to support growth - July 18, 2016
Library automation solutions provider SirsiDynix has announced that Highland City Library, a local library in Utah, has opted for its SirsiDynix Symphony for new ILS. Highland City Library chose to adopt SirsiDynix's Symphony following a competitive tender process. In their migration away from Innovative Interfaces' Polaris,… Read More
Springer Nature and Tsinghua University Press present the third Nano Research Award - July 14, 2016
Peidong Yang, the S.K. and Angela Chan Distinguished Professor of Energy and Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, and a faculty scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, has received the third Tsinghua University Press-Springer Nano Research Award. The award… Read More
First-ever Global Illustration Award to be awarded at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair - July 12, 2016
The Frankfurt Book Fair has announced the first-ever Global Illustration Award, organised in conjunction with the International Information Content Industry Association (ICIA). Designed to attract entries from around the world, the competition will be operated exclusively by IlluSalon, a global illustration resource platform, and illustrators can… Read More
OCLC acquires Italian library services distributor IFNET - July 7, 2016
A non-profit global library cooperative OCLC has announced the acquisition of IFNET through its subsidiary OCLC EMEA B.V. IFNET is the distributor of library automation software and services in Italy. IFNET, formerly IF, was founded in Italy in 1985 by a group of librarians with… Read More
Twelve scientists based in Japan recognised with the Japan Research Front Awards 2016 - July 7, 2016
Twelve leading scientists based in Japan have been recognised for their groundbreaking research and influential contribution to global research in eight emerging research areas, known as research fronts, with the Japan Research Front Awards 2016 organised by the Intellectual Property & Science (IP & Science) business… Read More
