New engineering network, EngRN, launches on SSRN platform - December 14, 2017
Elsevier, the information analytics business specialising in science and health, has announced that SSRN, its preprint server and early stage research platform, is launching a dedicated engineering network, EngRN. EngRN supports early stage research sharing in all areas of engineering, including aerospace, bioengineering, chemical, civil, electrical,… Read More
EBSCO Health names Eileen Yoshida Deputy Editor, Medication and Clinical Informatics - December 13, 2017
EBSCO Health, the provider of evidence-based clinical resource tools including DynaMed Plus® and Dynamic HealthTM, has announced the appointment of Eileen Yoshida as Deputy Editor, Medication and Clinical Informatics. Yoshida brings more than 25 years of extensive experience in clinical informatics, EHR implementation, healthcare consulting and… Read More
Publishers Communication Group announces organisational changes - December 13, 2017
Publishers Communication Group (PCG), an international sales and marketing consultant for the publishing market and part of the Ingenta Group, has announced that Melissanne Scheld will step down as its Managing Director, effective December 31, 2017. Since 2014, Melissanne has continued to build PCG into the… Read More
Scotland’s Robert Gordon University selects Ex Libris Alma, Primo and Leganto - December 13, 2017
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that Scotland's Robert Gordon University (RGU) has chosen the Ex Libris Alma® library services platform, Primo discovery and delivery solution, and Leganto course reading list solution. These products will be replacing RGU's legacy software from SirsiDynix, EBSCO, Talis, and… Read More
Hypothesis annotation technology now available to publishers hosted on PubFactory platform - December 11, 2017
Hypothesis annotation technology is now available to publishers hosted on the PubFactory platform, which houses more than 400,000 books and 1,400 journals. Enabling this standards-based interoperable tool brings collaboration to any content hosted on the web, a capability foreseen by early technology visionaries like Vannevar Bush… Read More
North American academic libraries struggle to meet demand for non-English language content, says new report - December 8, 2017
Academic libraries are struggling to meet a rising demand for non-English language content, according to new survey results published by ProQuest. Rising international student enrolments and the popularity of programs that use foreign language content are increasing the importance of foreign language materials in library collections,… Read More
