University of Western Australia selects Ex Libris Alma to streamline and modernise library services - March 24, 2014
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the University of Western Australia (UWA), a member of the Group of Eight (Go8) coalition of Australian universities, has selected the Ex Libris Alma library management solution to replace a number of disparate systems, including Innovative… Read More
University of Oklahoma selects Ex Libris’ Alma library management solution - March 21, 2014
Library automation solutions provider, Ex Libris Group, has announced that the University of Oklahoma Libraries, along with libraries at the Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, University of Oklahoma-Tulsa, and University of Oklahoma College of Law, have selected the Ex Libris Alma library management solution. Chosen after a… Read More
Ithaka S+R/ARL web seminar video and Q&A on Strategies from Eight Digitized Special Collections is online - March 20, 2014
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and Ithaka S+R offered a free web seminar in January 2014, which brought together leaders of the eight cases profiled in the recent study funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Searching for Sustainability: Strategies from Eight… Read More
ACCUCOMS closes deals with Latin American Consortia on behalf of the Royal Society of Chemistry - March 20, 2014
ACCUCOMS, a Netherlands-based provider of sales and marketing services to scholarly and society publishers, has closed two important deals on behalf of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) with two of the most important academic library consortia in Latin America. They are Argentinian CONICET (Consejo Nacional… Read More
Publishing Technology names Michael Cairns as new CEO - March 19, 2014
Content solutions provider Publishing Technology plc. has announced that Michael Cairns has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, effective April 1, 2014. Michael Cairns joined Publishing Technology plc in May 2013, when he took the position of Chief Operating Officer of the company's online division. He… Read More
CCC awards scholarship for academic librarians to attend ALA midwinter conference - March 19, 2014
Global licensing and content solutions organisation Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), named the four winners of its Conference Scholarship Program for Academic Librarians: Sarah Dahlen, California State University, Monterey Bay; Bruce Massis, Columbus State Community College; Monecia Samuel, The College of Westchester; and Michele Woods, Xavier… Read More