Figshare included in the ‘Cool Vendors in Education, 2015’ report by Gartner - June 19, 2015
Figshare, an online repository for academic researchers to securely store, manage, publish and share all their research, has been included in the 'Cool Vendors in Education, 2015' report by Gartner, Inc. The report evaluates vendors that have been innovative in bringing digital productivity tools directly to… Read More
AAUP 2015 convenes in Denver - June 19, 2015
The Annual Meeting of the Association of American University Presses (AAUP) has convened in Denver, with more than 650 scholarly publishing professionals in attendance at the Sheraton Downtown Denver. The theme of this year's conference, being held from June 18-20, is 'Connect, Collaborate,' highlighting the increasingly… Read More
Elsevier and Ex Libris collaborate to offer automated updates to subscribed e-content - June 19, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced an expanded collaboration with library automation services provider Ex Libris. The collaboration will enable mutual customers of Elsevier's ScienceDirect and the Ex Libris Alma® library management solution and SFX® OpenURL link resolver, to benefit from a fully… Read More
EBSCO Partners with Masaryk University Press, adds more Czech titles to EBSCO eBook offerings - June 19, 2015
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and Masaryk University Press have collaborated to offer more than 80 Czech titles via EBSCO eBooks. The titles from Masaryk University Press will provide libraries with more multidisciplinary Czech titles representing a wide range of fields – including social science, historiography, linguistics… Read More
NISTEP collaborates with Thomson Reuters to standardise titles of research funders in Web of Science - June 19, 2015
The National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP) of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, and the Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters have announced a collaboration to standardise definitions of research funding organisations… Read More
France will be Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2017 - June 18, 2015
Juergen Boos, Director of the Frankfurt Book Fair, and Anne Tallineau, Deputy Executive Director of the Institut français and Interim Executive President, signed, in the presence of Fleur Pellerin, Minister of Culture and Communication, and of Olaf Scholz, Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany in… Read More