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
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
CABI partners with PlumX to measure impact of agricultural and environmental research - April 15, 2015
Scientists at CABI will be able to gauge the impact of their agricultural and environmental research in several unique ways by partnering with PlumX from Plum™ Analytics, an EBSCO company. As part of a six-month pilot program, CABI is using PlumX metrics… Read More
McKesson exhibits new organisation-wide content management tool, OneContent, during HIMSS15 - April 14, 2015
Healthcare services and information technology company McKesson has announced that it will exhibit a new organisation-wide content management tool, OneContent, during HIMSS15 in Chicago, April 12-16. OneContent delivers enterprise-wide data in a single, centralised system designed for efficient hospital workflow, regardless of the electronic health records… 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
The University of Minnesota Press and Columbia University Press to join OUP’s University Press Scholarship Online - April 14, 2015
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced that The University of Minnesota Press will join University Press Scholarship Online (UPSO) in August 2015. The Minnesota Scholarship Online (tentatively called MPSO) site will go live with 389 titles across a broad range of subject areas. … Read More
