Elsevier, PaperHive collaboration to enable users to access, share and annotate content from ScienceDirect database - June 1, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier will collaborate with Berlin-based scientific collaboration platform PaperHive to enable researchers to easily discover, share and annotate the over 12 million articles on ScienceDirect, the world's largest database of scientific, technical and medical full-text content. PaperHive will integrate the ScienceDirect Application Programming Interface… Read More
Koç University opts for Ex Libris campusM mobile app platform - May 27, 2016
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, has announced that Istanbul-based Koç University, one of the leading academic and research institutions in Turkey, has chosen the Ex Libris campusM® Enterprise platform for developing and delivering personalised applications and services to students and staff. With campusM, the University… Read More
Cengage Learning and Microsoft announce integration of Microsoft Office into MindTap - May 25, 2016
Cengage Learning and Microsoft have announced the integration of Microsoft Office into Cengage Learning's flagship MindTap platform. Beginning with business statistics and computing—courses that prepare students for jobs that rely heavily on the use of business software—this relationship is the first-of-its-kind to provide students with live… Read More
Institutional budgets will increase by 1.4% in 2016, says PCG Library Budget Survey - May 23, 2016
Results of the 2016 Library Budget Predictions survey, research carried out annually by Ingenta's publishing consultancy arm, Publishers Communication Group (PCG), have been released, stating that institutional library budgets across the globe will increase by 1.4 percent overall this year. Despite… Read More
University of Florida collaborates with Elsevier to maximize visibility, impact and dissemination of research articles by UF authors - May 20, 2016
The George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida (UF) and Elsevier have embarked on a pilot project to maximise visibility, impact and dissemination of articles by UF researchers that have published in Elsevier journals. Article links and metadata will be… Read More
Association of Research Libraries seeks proposals for SPEC Survey Topics 2017 - May 18, 2016
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is seeking proposals for 2017 SPEC survey topics. For more than 40 years ARL has gathered and disseminated data through the SPEC survey program to assist libraries in the continuous improvement of their management systems. Each year, ARL works with… Read More
