New data offers a more comprehensive view of online sharing and discussion for thousands of books - September 5, 2017
Data science company Altmetric has started tracking attention to books listed on Amazon, providing further insights into the online discussions and engagement relating to individual titles. This new capability has already produced huge volumes of attention data - in just a few days Altmetric has… Read More
Library Journal and JSTOR host panel on ebook acquisition - September 5, 2017
Library Journal and JSTOR recently hosted a panel on the benefits and tradeoffs of Evidence-Based Acquisition (EBA). EBA is a purchasing model that allows academic librarians to combine insights from usage data with their deep knowledge of local research and teaching needs… Read More
AAAS’ Rush Holt to present at 2017 Frontiers in Optics + Laser Sciences Meeting - September 1, 2017
At a time when there are widespread concerns about the place of science in the society and government, what role should scientists have with policymakers? What can be done to help avoid policies that devalue science and discontinue the much needed investment in research and development? Rush Holt, CEO of… Read More
Collaborative monograph storage feasibility study published - September 1, 2017
For many university libraries, space shortage remains a major challenge, particularly balancing the need for increasing study space while some physical collections continue to grow. The HE sector has worked in partnership with the British Library (BL) since 2007 to manage print journals collaboratively through the… Read More
Annual Reviews relaunches completely redesigned publications and corporate website on Atypon’s Literatum - August 31, 2017
Annual Reviews, a non-profit publisher dedicated to synthesizing and integrating knowledge for the progress of science and the benefit of society, has relaunched its completely redesigned publications and corporate website on Atypon's Literatum, the scholarly publishing industry's most widely used online publishing platform. The new… Read More
Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées selects Ex Libris Alma and Primo - August 31, 2017
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées has chosen the Ex Libris Alma® library services platform and Ex Libris Primo® discovery and delivery solution to manage and expose its expanding collections. The Ex Libris solutions will replace the SirsiDynix Horizon™… Read More
