EBSCO Discovery Service helps Universidade do Porto in Portugal increase usage of library resources - February 13, 2015
Universidade do Porto, the largest university in Portugal, has found great success with the implementation of EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) from EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO). The university purchased EDS in 2011 after looking at several different services. The university library found that EDS offered the best… Read More
ProQuest transforms research with digitization of rare, historical works from Bibliothèque nationale de France - February 13, 2015
Researchers can now explore early European history and culture as it happened with ProQuest's release of the first 2 million pages in its massive digitization project with Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) in Paris. When complete, the project will give researchers cover to cover access to… Read More
LearnLaunch and Cengage Learning to inspire edtech innovation through expanded partnership in key growth area - February 13, 2015
Cengage Learning, a global education company, will bring LearnLaunch Accelerator, a leading edtech startup program, to Latin America via Cengage Learning's Laboratorio de Innovacion en Experiencias de Aprendizaje (LINNEA). Located in Chihuahua, Mexico, LINNEA is an innovation lab established by Cengage Learning, National Geographic Learning and… Read More
NASA public access plan available, uses NIH’s PMC platform - February 13, 2015
NASA has announced its plan for a policy ensuring public access to articles and data resulting from the approximately $3 billion it invests annually in basic and applied research, as required by the February 2013 White House directive. NASA has provided a detailed timeline for the… Read More
EBSCO support and funding to ensure long-term viability of Koha - February 12, 2015
EBSCO Information Services and Koha, an ILS created by librarians for librarians, are working together to provide a viable web-based, open source ILS for libraries of all types. Koha libraries reached out to EBSCO for support of some important projects, and EBSCO agreed to partner… Read More
JSTOR moves to new platform - February 12, 2015
ITHAKA, a not-for-profit organisation helping the academic community use digital technologies to preserve the scholarly record and to advance research and teaching in sustainable ways, and Atypon®, a provider of software to the scientific and scholarly publishing industry, jointly announced the move… Read More
