U.S. National Science Foundation selects Elsevier data to support its Science and Engineering Indicators - April 30, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected Scopus bibliometric data, and LexisNexis patent data as primary source to support its biennial Science and Engineering Indicators (SEI) report. The NSF's National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) will use Elsevier's… Read More
University of the Sunshine Coast selects Ex Libris cloud solutions - April 23, 2015
Library automation services provider Ex Libris Group, has announced that the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) in Australia has selected the Ex Libris Alma next-generation resource management solution and the Primo discovery and delivery solution. Alma and Primo will replace a number of systems, including… Read More
ProQuest enhances Summon Services for improved resource discovery - April 22, 2015
ProQuest is improving resource discovery and enriching the user experience through enhancements made available to Summon® service customers. With this release, ProQuest continues to focus on improving discovery for the benefit of libraries, to ensure users can better discover content available at the library, and libraries… Read More
OCLC signs agreements with publishers in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Business - April 16, 2015
OCLC, a non-profit, membership, computer library service and research organisation, has signed agreements with leading publishers in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Business to add metadata for books, e-books, journals, audiovisual materials and databases that will make their content discoverable through WorldCat Discovery Services. OCLC… Read More
University of Edinburgh to implement Ex Libris Alma and Primo - April 16, 2015
Library automation services provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the University of Edinburgh has selected the next-generation Alma® unified resource management solution and the Primo® discovery and delivery solution. Primo will enable the Library to achieve its goal of providing rapid and seamless discovery,… Read More
Springer and Altmetric launch Bookmetrix, a new platform for book impact - April 14, 2015
STM publisher Springer has become the first publisher to offer title and chapter level metrics across all of their books via a new platform, Bookmetrix. Developed in partnership with metrics provider Altmetric, the data captured via Bookmetrix is displayed on the book pages on Springer’s content… Read More
