Bowker, ebrary and Choice in joint initiative to enhance RCL tool for libraries - April 11, 2013
ProQuest affiliate Bowker, e-book business ebrary and Choice, a publishing unit of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), have united to improve the accessibility and utility of Resources for College Libraries (RCL), a collection development tool for academic libraries. … Read More
The Virtual Library of Virginia and the Washington Research Library Consortium sign eBook deal with Springer - April 11, 2013
STM publisher Springer has signed a major deal with the Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) and the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC). The agreement gives students and researchers from across more than 80 campuses access to Springer eBook content. With the completion of this deal,… Read More
Credo announces new technology to streamline research through EBSCO Discovery Service - April 11, 2013
Credo, a provider of information and digital literacy solutions for libraries, has deployed new technology that integrates its growing library of Topic Pages with EBSCO Discovery Service. Students who search EDS will now see Topic Pages, which provide a gateway through Credo's trusted multimedia-rich reference… Read More
AASL seeks proposals for ALA 2014 Annual Conference programmes - April 11, 2013
The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) is inviting proposals for programmes to be presented during the 2014 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference. The conference will be held from June 26 - July 1 in Las Vegas. The deadline for pre-conference submissions is 11:59… Read More
Elsevier acquires Mendeley - April 10, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the acquisition of Mendeley, a London-based company that operates a global research management and collaboration platform. Researchers worldwide use Mendeley's desktop and cloud-based tools to manage and annotate documents, create citations and bibliographies, collaborate on research… Read More
ProQuest and ebrary content now discoverable in a single, integrated search - April 10, 2013
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, is streamlining research by enabling ebrary and ProQuest content to be discovered within a single search experience. Now, researchers can surface e-books side-by-side with relevant reports, videos, journal and newspaper articles and more in one step. The advance in… Read More
