ARL Membership convenes in Atlanta for Spring 2018 meeting - May 14, 2018
Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member representatives, ARL Leadership Fellows, staff, and guests gathered in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 24–26, 2018, for the 172nd Association Meeting. The meeting was convened by ARL president Mary Ann Mavrinac, vice provost and Andrew H. and Janet Dayton Neilly Dean… Read More
EIFL extends agreement with Credo Reference - May 11, 2018
EIFL has signed a three-year renewal agreement with Credo Reference, an online reference database with authoritative content from over 700 e-book titles, covering major topics in the arts, humanities and sciences. The agreement, which runs until 2021, is available to library… Read More
BioData appoints Steve Yemm as new CEO - May 10, 2018
BioData, producer of Labguru, the web-based research and lab management service, has announced the appointment of Steve Yemm as the company's new CEO, succeeding Nils Drache who, after two and half years as CEO, will continue to be involved as a member of the company board.… Read More
NISO launches new project to facilitate manuscript exchange across systems - May 10, 2018
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has approved a new project to develop a common means to easily transfer manuscripts between and among manuscript systems, such as those in use at publishers and preprint servers. Those who work in manuscript-processing areas such as production systems, preprint… Read More
Chinese full text English translations are now enhanced in Derwent Innovation - May 9, 2018
China continues to grow in importance both as a global market and as a source of the majority of the world's patent information. In 2017, 2.66 million Chinese patent documents were published (0.97 million utility model patents, 1.27 million invention patent applications and 0.42 million granted invention patents). Access to… Read More
Fondazione Biblioteca Europea di Informazione e Cultura selects Ex Libris Rosetta and Alma solutions - May 9, 2018
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the Fondazione Biblioteca Europea di Informazione e Cultura (European library of information and culture, or BEIC) has selected the Ex Libris Alma® library services platform and Rosetta digital asset management and preservation solution to more effectively manage the… Read More
