Society for Scholarly Publishing awards twelve Fellowships for 2016 - April 27, 2016
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) has announced that 12 students and early-career professionals have been awarded highly competitive Fellowships for 2016. The Professional Development Committee received nearly 100 applications for these coveted positions. The Fellowship Program, an extension of the former Travel Grant Program, offers… Read More
ProQuest Ebook CentralTM named finalist for 2016 SIIA CODiE Awards for Best Scholarly Research Information Solution - April 25, 2016
ProQuest Ebook Central™, an innovative ebook platform, was named a finalist for the 2016 SIIA CODiE Awards for Best Scholarly Research Information Solution, which recognises the 'research information solution that provides high quality content and meets rigorous standards for the academic and scientific researchers and professionals'.… Read More
ARL’s Research Library Issues 288 highlights how research libraries are using data visualisation to improve services - April 22, 2016
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published Research Library Issues (RLI) no. 288, an issue focusing on how research libraries are using data visualisation to improve their services and to communicate their value. The two articles in this issue were presented at the Library Assessment… Read More
Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg and the Oldenburg Regional Library select Ex Libris Alma - April 22, 2016
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest® company, has announced that following an EU-wide tender, the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg's Library and Information System (BIS) and the Oldenburg Regional Library (Landesbibliothek Oldenburg) have signed agreements to license the Ex Libris Alma® resource management service. This service will… Read More
Springer journal Quantum Information Processing presents first Howard E. Brandt Best Paper Award - April 22, 2016
Publisher Springer has announced that its journal Quantum Information Processing has awarded the first annual Howard E. Brandt Best Paper Award to the most outstanding paper published in the journal during the previous year. The winning paper is 'Ultrastrong coupling in a scalable design for circuit… Read More
RMIT University opts for Ex Libris Leganto reading list solution - April 21, 2016
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, has announced that the prominent Melbourne-based RMIT University has opted for the Leganto reading list solution and has joined the Leganto early adopter program. Ex Libris Leganto is a cloud-based, end-to-end solution that works within an institutional environment and facilitates active,… Read More
