Reprints Desk tops 20,000 journal titles in Academic Document Delivery Service with new publisher additions - September 6, 2013
Reprints Desk, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Research Solutions, Inc. (RSSS), has announced that the company had exceeded 20,000 publications and book chapters from more than 100,000 titles in its new academic document delivery retrieval service for scholarly research articles. Reprints Desk achieved this milestone… Read More
The Alberta Library selects OCLC group catalogue as its provincial discovery tool - September 6, 2013
Computer library service OCLC has announced that The Alberta Library (TAL), a consortium of 49 public, university, college, technical institute and special libraries, has selected a group catalogue solution from OCLC as its provincial discovery tool. The revamped union catalogue, TAL Online, makes 25 million items… Read More
NISO and UKSG release draft for public comment of a revision to the KBART Recommended Practice - September 6, 2013
The National Information Standards Organization and UKSG have announced the release of a draft for public comment of a revision to the Knowledge Bases and Related Tools (KBART) Recommended Practice. Issued in 2010, the original recommended practice provided all parties in the information supply chain with… Read More
Academic libraries across England gain wider access to ProQuest’s ebook collection through EBL and ebrary platforms - September 5, 2013
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has announced that academic libraries across England will now have wider access to ProQuest extensive ebook collection through EBL - Ebook Library (EBL) and ebrary platforms. The Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) has selected both EBL and ebrary as… Read More
Global sales in the medical publishing market fell 2.4 percent in 2012, says Simba report - September 5, 2013
Media and publishing intelligence firm Simba Information has released a report, according to which, global sales in the medical publishing market fell 2.4 percent to $10.1 billion in 2012. The report, Global Medical Publishing 2013-2014, found that the worldwide recession had a broad impact on the… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education announces major update to McGraw-Hill Connect - September 5, 2013
Digital learning company McGraw-Hill Education, US, has announced a major upgrade to McGraw-Hill Connect, the online learning platform of choice for hundreds of colleges and universities around the country. Drawing on the feedback of more than 125 instructors at 70 institutions, McGraw-Hill Education has streamlined and… Read More
