EBSCO and ER&L partner to provide Information to Inspiration Fellowship - December 20, 2012
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and Electronic Resources & Libraries (ER&L) have announced the inaugural 'Information to Inspiration' Fellowship. Designed to advance the careers of highly motivated library professionals and the field of librarianship, this unique programme will provide up to $4,000 to support a library professional… Read More
Thomson Reuters forms integrated Reuters business unit - December 20, 2012
Thomson Reuters has announced the formation of a new business unit that will combine the company's existing editorial and news-related sales and marketing operations. Stephen J. Adler, who became editor-in-chief of Reuters in February 2011, has been appointed to run the new unit as president and… Read More
Springer and National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in Japan partner to launch new book series, NIMS Monographs - December 20, 2012
STM publisher Springer and the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in Japan will partner to publish a new book series NIMS Monographs. The series will publish titles on major and advanced research themes of the research institute, one of the most important in materials sciences… Read More
EBSCO Publishing and INTELECOM partnership brings core academic video collections to EBSCOhost - December 19, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that online academic video collections from INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications (INTELECOM) will be available from EBSCO. The agreement will give users access to INTELECOM’s library of core curriculum video collections through EBSCOhost, while other videos will be… Read More
ebrary expands non-English offering with new publishers and databases - December 19, 2012
ebrary, a ProQuest business, has announced that it is forging ahead with its efforts to support non-English language programmes for customers around the world. The company is launching a new e-book subscription database, ebrary Nordic Collection, as well as recently acquired content from German publishers including… Read More
HighWire incorporates article-level metrics with ImpactStory - December 19, 2012
HighWire Press, a not-for-profit division of Stanford University Libraries, has entered into a strategic collaboration with ImpactStory, a researcher led, non-profit organisation with a drive to help redefine the impact of research articles. Article level metrics monitor the conversations around an article, as a complement… Read More
