More than 80 percent of students use mobile technology to study, says new McGraw-Hill Education report - March 11, 2015
Mobile use among students was on the rise from 2013 to 2014, according to new research released by McGraw-Hill Education. The second annual report, 'The Impact of Technology on College Student Study Habits,' conducted by McGraw-Hill Education and Hanover Research, found that 81 percent of students… Read More
University of Genoa selects Ex Libris Primo - March 11, 2015
Library automation services provider Ex Libris® Group has announced that the University of Genoa in Italy has selected the Ex Libris Primo® discovery and delivery solution. The university library chose Primo from a number of commercial alternatives to provide users with a single point of access… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education unveils new mobile-first version of connect platform for higher education at SXSWedu 2015 - March 10, 2015
McGraw-Hill Education, the learning science company, launched the new mobile-first version of McGraw-Hill Connect, the company's learning platform for students and instructors in the higher education market at SXSWedu. The new release of Connect features a student-centric design optimised for use on tablets via native apps,… Read More
State Library of Queensland goes live with Ex Libris Alma - March 10, 2015
Library automation services Ex Libris Group has announced that the State Library of Queensland (SLQ) is now live with Ex Libris Alma. An institution with a history of leadership in library technology, SLQ was the first Australian library to implement the Ex Libris Primo discovery and… Read More
NISO seeks participants for a working group to revise ANSI/NISO Paper Permanence Standard - March 10, 2015
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) is seeking participants for a working group to revise the standard Permanence of Paper for Publications and Documents in Libraries and Archives (ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R2009)). This standard establishes criteria for coated and uncoated paper that will last several hundred years… Read More
De Gruyter partners with Scope to create MARC records from ONIX/Klopotek XML files - March 9, 2015
Scope e-Knowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of knowledge services and a Quatrro Global Services company, has announced its engagement with De Gruyter, a leading academic publisher headquartered in Berlin, to create MARC records from ONIX or Klopotek XML files. As part of this partnership, Scope… Read More
