Springer and the Scottish Higher Education Digital Library Consortium sign licensing agreement - June 5, 2012
STM publisher Springer and the Scottish Higher Education Digital Library Consortium (SHEDL) recently signed an agreement for access to electronic journal subscriptions and eBooks on Springer’s platform SpringerLink. Every SHEDL member will now have access to an enormous database of content consisting of nearly 2,000… Read More
NISO publishes updated recommended practice on SERU: A Shared Electronic Resource Understanding - June 5, 2012
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced the publication of a new edition of the recommended practice SERU: A Shared Electronic Resource Understanding (NISO RP-7-2012). The SERU Recommended Practice offers a mechanism that can be used as an alternative to a license agreement by… Read More
Associated Press Images to be available via EBSCOhost and EBSCO Discovery Service - June 4, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced that the company will make millions of images from the Associated Press (AP) available to library customers. EBSCO has been named the sole library distributor of the AP Images, the commercial photo unit of AP. It is… Read More
Lawsuit against Google Book Search gets class action status in US - June 4, 2012
A federal judge in Manhattan recently granted class-action status to authors suing Internet search services provider Google, US, over the company’s book-scanning project. The judge, allowing the long-stalled case to move forward, ruled that three individual authors and the Author's Guild could represent the class of… Read More
Diversification, key component of ebrary’s strategic approach to e-book acquisition - June 4, 2012
ebrary, a ProQuest business, has announced that 45 percent of its customers are diversifying acquisition models to provide their researchers with a breadth and depth of high-quality, relevant e-books. Many customers subscribe to Academic Complete as an affordable base collection with unlimited access and continued growth and expand the collection… Read More
Innovative Interfaces’ new institutional repository solution puts library at the center of knowledge management - June 4, 2012
Library automation services provider Innovative Interfaces, US, has announced that development of its new institutional repository module, Content Pro IRX, is complete and several library partners will begin beta testing this month. Innovative will offer IRX as an optional add-on module to Content Pro, its digital… Read More
