IHS announces Knowledge Collections - September 4, 2013
IHS, a global source of information and analytics, has announced the introduction of the IHS Knowledge Collections, an expansive set of pre-packaged compilations of engineering-rich documents that address engineers' long-standing requirement for access to the full breadth of technical knowledge they need. IHS Knowledge Collections deliver… Read More
Boston College High School opts for EBSCO Discovery Service - September 4, 2013
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that the Boston College High School has chosen EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) as the basis for their library resource Corcoran One Search. As recipient of the 2013 ALA Cutting Edge Technology Award, Boston College High School… Read More
ARL Membership Meeting scheduled for October 9–10 - September 3, 2013
ARL President Wendy Lougee, university librarian at University of Minnesota, will convene the 163rd ARL Membership Meeting in Arlington, Virginia, on the afternoon of October 9. Several programmes that build on recent discussions about strategic thinking and the future framework for ARL are in development. The… Read More
Authors Guild disputes Google’s fair use claim - September 3, 2013
Internet search services provider Google’s scanning of books does not meet the legal definition of 'transformative,' creates potential harm to authors and other copyright holders, and is not protected as fair use under the law, the Authors Guild argues in a brief recently filed in the… Read More
Allegheny College becomes latest member of HathiTrust - September 3, 2013
Allegheny College has become the latest member of HathiTrust, a partnership of major academic and research libraries collaborating in a digital library initiative to preserve and provide access to the published record in digital form. Over the last four years, the partners have contributed more… Read More
Thomson Reuters collaborates with ANVUR to evaluate quality of Italy’s research efforts - August 30, 2013
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters recently collaborated with the Agenzia Nazionale di Valutazione del sistema Universitario e della Ricerca (ANVUR), Italy's national agency for the evaluation of universities and research centers, for the Valutazione della Qualità della Ricerca (VQR), an exercise to… Read More
