EBSCO and ALA offer scholarships to support professional development of librarians - April 3, 2014
In co-sponsorship with the American Library Association (ALA), EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has awarded seven librarians $1,000 scholarships to attend the ALA Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, June 26– July 1, 2014. The EBSCO ALA Annual Conference Sponsorship is an annual award… Read More
Elsevier and MyScienceWork collaboration allows users access to wealth of full text articles outside of ScienceDirect - April 3, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has announced its collaboration with scientific social network MyScienceWork on a pilot initiative to enable researchers to easily share and discover over 11 million articles through MyScienceWork. The pilot will allow MyScienceWork users to read, annotate and share articles… Read More
Repository infrastructure initiatives agree to align networks - April 3, 2014
In a meeting in Rome, Italy, on March 20–21, 2014, representatives from several major regional repository networks came together to develop a strategy to better align their activities. The meeting convened delegates from Australia, Canada, China, Europe, Latin America, and the United States, including representatives from AOASG (Australian Open Access… Read More
Thomson Reuters announces nominations for Allicense 2014 Breakthrough Awards for Deal of the Year - April 2, 2014
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters unveiled the nominations for the Allicense 2014 Breakthrough Awards for Deal of the Year, honouring the top global deal in each of two categories: 'Biopharmaceutical Licensing' and 'Mergers and Acquisitions' (M&A), as identified by Thomson Reuters Recap,… Read More
ProQuest joins libraries in schools, campuses and communities nationwide in celebrating National Library Week - April 2, 2014
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, joins libraries in schools, campuses and communities nationwide in celebrating National Library Week (April 13-19). The company will provide free access to a rich assortment of databases available through library web sites. Libraries can access these resources here and… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education enables teachers to customise content with launch of ‘Create’ digital publishing tool for K-12 education - April 2, 2014
McGraw-Hill Education has introduced its popular custom-publishing tool, Create, to the K-12 market to meet the needs of teachers seeking learning solutions that are tailored to the way they teach. Originally developed for higher education, Create's platform will now provide K-12 teachers with access to… Read More
