HARRASSOWITZ announces 2014 Charleston Conference Scholarship winner - August 25, 2014
HARRASSOWITZ, a global full-service subscription agent and bookseller, has awarded the 2014 Charleston Conference Scholarship to Charlotte Roh, Scholarly Communication Resident Librarian at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Ms. Roh was awarded the $1,000 scholarship to attend the conference, which takes place November 5 -… Read More
EBSCO announces expansion of eBook Collection with the release of 12 new Subject Sets - August 22, 2014
EBSCO Information Services has announced the release of 12 new EBSCO eBooks Subject Sets, which increases the total number of subject sets to more than 200. The subject sets are offered to libraries in convenient collections grouped by subject matter. Subject Sets are pre-packaged sets of… Read More
New edition of CAB Thesaurus published - August 22, 2014
The 2014 edition of the CAB Thesaurus, which covers agriculture, life sciences, human health, and related subjects, was published on July 21, 2014. The web site at http://www.cabi.org/cabthesaurus/ has been updated and the new thesaurus has been integrated in all of CABI's… Read More
Helicon Books announces new EPUB online preview products for digital publishers and ebook store owners - August 22, 2014
Ebook production house Helicon Books has announced that its two new products - EPUB Preview and Createpreview - allow digital book store owners and publishers to display a preview of an EPUB file in an online viewer window or create a shorter version of the book… Read More
New ICIS Power Index simplifies complex wholesale energy prices - August 22, 2014
ICIS, the independent authority on global energy markets, has launched the ICIS Power Index (IPI), which provides UK energy users, commercial buyers and policy-makers with a simple way to see wholesale energy price trends that impact the retail market. The index, which delivers insight into… Read More
Direct Textbook revamps app to slash textbook costs by up to 90 percent - August 21, 2014
Direct Textbook has announced the release of its revamped mobile app, which lets college students instantly compare textbook prices from hundreds of online stores. The new version of the Direct Textbook app introduces a barcode scanner that makes it easier than ever for students to find… Read More
