Universidad Autónoma de Occidente in Colombia selects EBSCO Discovery Service - April 1, 2014
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that the Universidad Autónoma de Occidente has chosen EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) as its discovery tool. The library was looking for something easy to use but sophisticated enough to provide quality results. After evaluating other discovery services,… Read More
Scope seminar at London Book Fair 2014 to focus on “Content Discoverability – Emerging Trends & Challenges in Technology Adoption” - March 31, 2014
Scope e-Knowledge Center, a leading provider of content enhancement and knowledge services, will be offering a seminar entitled "Content Discoverability – Emerging Trends & Challenges in Technology Adoption" on April 10, 2014 from 12.00 – 12.20 PM at Tech Theatre, EC2, at the upcoming London Book… Read More
First ever Conference on Open Access and Scholarly Publishing in Asia to begin June 2 - March 31, 2014
The first ever Conference on Open Access and Scholarly Publishing in Asia (COASP Asia) will begin June 2, 2014. Discussions will focus on open access publishing as a global industry with a key focus on Asia as an emerging market. The conference aims to provide a… Read More
IMLS, Sloan Foundation jointly award ARL $1 million grant to develop and launch SHARE Notification Service - March 31, 2014
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has been awarded a joint $1 million grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to develop and launch the SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE) Notification Service. SHARE is a collaborative initiative… Read More
NetAdvance and OCLC to add metadata from JapanKnowledge and JK Books collections to WorldCat - March 31, 2014
OCLC, the non-profit computer library service and research organisation, and NetAdvance are working together to add metadata from the JapanKnowledge and JK Books collections to WorldCat. WorldCat claims to be the world's most comprehensive online catalogue of library resources, increasing discovery and access to these rich… Read More
Australia continues to perform strongly in earth and environmental sciences - March 31, 2014
Australia retained the third place in the Asia-Pacific region, with its greatest strengths still in earth and environmental sciences, according to the Nature Publishing Index 2013 Asia-Pacific released as a supplement to Nature. The country improved its NPI score by almost every measure, with the… Read More
