Boston Library Consortium chooses ebrary, YBP for patron driven acquisition e-book pilot - October 3, 2012
The Boston Library Consortium (BLC) has chosen ebrary, a proQuest business, and YBP Library Services, the academic division of Baker & Taylor, for a patron driven acquisition (PDA) e-book pilot. The aim is to make it easier and more affordable for its member libraries to acquire… Read More
BRILL becomes 100th publisher to participate in the CLOCKSS Archive - October 3, 2012
The CLOCKSS Archive has announced that Netherlands-based academic publisher BRILL has become the 100th publisher to participate in the CLOCKSS Archive. BRILL will preserve their ejournals and ebooks in CLOCKSS's geographically and geopolitically distributed network of redundant archive nodes, located at 12 major research libraries… Read More
3M Cloud Library helps Penguin Group enter eBook lending market - October 2, 2012
The 3M Cloud Library eBook Lending Service recently launched a pilot programme that helps to bring Penguin eBooks to library patrons at the New York Public Library and Brooklyn Public Library. The pilot programme allows the libraries to purchase and lend Penguin eBooks through the 3M… Read More
Springer begins worldwide migration of customers to new SpringerLink - October 2, 2012
STM publisher Springer has begun migrating its global library customers to its new and improved version of the SpringerLink platform. The platform was re-engineered with a focus on improving the user experience based on three principles - speed, simplicity and optimisation. After more than 18… Read More
Elsevier collaborates with Roche to integrate proprietary Chemistry data in Reaxys - October 2, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the integration of Roche propriety reaction information within Reaxys, which will run on Roche’s infrastructure and inside the Roche firewall to provide high performance and security. Roche chemistry information will now be securely searchable and discoverable by Roche scientists… Read More
Scope announces the launch of AuthEntik, its Author Data Management solution - October 1, 2012
Scope eKnowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of content enhancement and knowledge services, has launched its author data management solution, AuthEntik™. The new solution seeks to address the author name ambiguity issue for publishers, university/academic institutions, grant funding agencies and publisher consortia. AuthEntik is a platform-enabled… Read More
