Portico to rebuild its preservation infrastructure - November 13, 2018
Digital preservation service Portico recently completed a two-year project to rebuild its preservation infrastructure from the ground up with the support of its publisher and library participants. This initiative helped create a stable, scalable, elastic architecture that will enable Portico to keep pace with the ever-increasing… Read More
SAGE Publishing unveils MentorSpace – a how-to hub for research methods - November 13, 2018
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced the launch of MentorSpace, a new free-to-access online community space that allows users to tap into the wisdom of those who have executed a specific aspect of the research process and want to share their knowledge with others. The site… Read More
ProQuest launches Idea Exchange, an online community for customer ideas - November 9, 2018
ProQuest has announced the launch of Idea Exchange, an online community enabling customers to shape the products and solutions they invest in and use every day. Librarians who use the OASIS® system or LibCentral®, the administrative portal for the Ebook Central® platform, now have a new… Read More
Kuntahankinnat selects EBSCO to provide medical print and electronic serials subscriptions - November 9, 2018
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has been selected by Kuntahankinnat, provider of goods and services for the Finnish public sector, to serve as Kuntahankinnat framework agreement's primary supplier of medical print and electronic serials subscription services. The agreement was initiated through a competitive tendering process conducted… Read More
Miles McNamee joins HighWire as new Vice President of Global Sales - November 9, 2018
Scholarly publishing tech provider HighWire has announced the appointment of Miles McNamee as its new Vice President of Global Sales. Miles will lead HighWire's global new business development team. Miles brings a wealth of knowledge and experience within scholarly publishing and STM. Most recently as… Read More
ProQuest announces commencing the development of Rialto - November 8, 2018
ProQuest has announced that it is commencing the development of Rialto™, a ground-breaking approach to unify selection and acquisition in academic libraries. Through benchmark analytics, recommendations, and a comprehensive marketplace with content of all types - books, ebooks, video and more - from many sources, libraries… Read More
