Altmetric tracks data from Open Syllabus Project - September 6, 2016
Altmetric has announced that it has begun to track data from the Open Syllabus Project (OSP), which details where individual books are included in the syllabi of over 4,000 academic institutions around the world. For the first time, these unique data are combined with other altmetric… Read More
University of Alabama at Birmingham selects Ex Libris campusM as its mobile platform - September 6, 2016
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has selected the Ex Libris campusM Enterprise platform to provide UAB students, faculty, and staff with easy access to key systems, such as the university's Banner ERP solution, library services, and… Read More
Wellcome initiates open access requirements for publishers - September 6, 2016
Wellcome has published a set of requirements for open access publications, which will come into force next spring. The policy outlines what is required of publishers in order to receive article processing charges (APCs) from the charity. These include uploading articles to PubMed Central (PMC), making… Read More
Overleaf and the Center for Open Science partner on a new OSF Preprints service - September 2, 2016
Overleaf has announced a new partnership with The Center for Open Science (COS), a non-profit science and technology company in Virginia. As part of this new partnership, Overleaf will support the automatic submission of manuscripts authored on their platform onto the new… Read More
EBSCO Audiobooks’ new design and features create enhanced user experience for libraries - September 2, 2016
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is enhancing its audiobook experience with a new design and additional features that provide an improved listening experience for libraries. EBSCO Audiobooks now offers a new audiobook app for listening on the go, an expanded collection of titles, improved delivery systems and… Read More
Ex Libris Alma goes into production at Switzerland’s Renouvaud network, number of live Alma institutions passes 500 - September 2, 2016
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has passed the mark of 500 live Alma institutions with the implementation of Alma® in the Renouvaud network in Switzerland. The dynamic Renouvaud library network serves the entire canton of Vaud, which includes over 100 libraries. Its strategic and financial management… Read More
