25 Russian and Belarusian Universities select EBSCO Discovery Service - November 25, 2014
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that its EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) is now being used by more universities and academic institutions in Russia and Belarus. To date, 25 institutions have chosen EDS as their discovery solution. Among the institutions that have implemented EDS in… Read More
SPIE Digital Library now available to high schools, two-year colleges at no or low cost - November 25, 2014
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has announced that it is making access to the complete SPIE Digital Library available to high schools for free and two-year colleges at a subsidised price. According to SPIE Director of Publications Eric Pepper, the new program… Read More
‘Buy It Now’ option now available for HIP and e-Library users - November 24, 2014
SirsiDynix has announced that 'Buy It Now' is now available for all HIP and e-Library users. These users will now be able to buy books, movies, and more from outside retailers through their library's website or OPAC. As part of SirsiDynix's Community Funded Services, a portion… Read More
London Higher and SPARC report on the cost to UK research organisations of implementing funder open access policies - November 24, 2014
London Higher and SPARC Europe have commissioned a new report on the cost to UK research organisations of implementing funder open access policies. The report 'Counting the Costs of Open Access' highlights the compliance burden associated with the move to open access… Read More
Mendeley and WriteLaTeX collaborate to make it easier for authors to ‘cite as they write’ - November 21, 2014
Global research collaboration platform and academic database Mendeley and WriteLaTeX have collaborated to make it easier for authors to 'cite as they write' by linking their Mendeley reference library to WriteLaTeX's online collaborative writing and publishing service. WriteLaTeX is fast becoming… Read More
EBSCO Information Services releases eBook Education Collection - November 20, 2014
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has released a new subscription e-book collection, eBook Education CollectionTM. eBook Education Collection features more than 2,800 quality titles supporting students and faculty in education studies. Titles in eBook Education Collection range from introductory texts for undergraduate coursework to more complex… Read More
