Serials Solutions expands discovery of French-language content - May 29, 2013
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has announced that it is working with two publishers to expand discovery of French-language content. l'Harmathéque is the first cultural database available digitally for the French language. Consortium Érudit is a publishing consortium of three Canadian universities: Université de Montréal, Université… Read More
Jisc annual conference scheduled for March 2014 - May 29, 2013
Jisc has announced that its annual conference will be held at the ICC in Birmingham on March 11-12, 2014. After a two-year break the conference is taking a new guise as the Jisc Digital Festival. The event will again bring together expertise and knowledge to… Read More
Content agreement allows mutual customers easier access to Gale database and e-book content via EBSCO Discovery Service - May 29, 2013
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and Gale, part of Cengage Learning, have agreed to make Gale databases and archives discoverable through EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). The agreement allows EBSCO to index Gale metadata and make it discoverable for mutual customers through EBSCO Discovery Service. EBSCO Information… Read More
IEEE-owned peer-reviewed journals now offer OA publishing options - May 28, 2013
Technical professional organisation IEEE recently announced that all IEEE-owned peer-reviewed journals now offer open-access (OA) publishing options, the latest sign of OA's growth as it continues to transform the scholarly research publishing industry. Open access allows all technologists and the general public to access research… Read More
Biss’ open access legislation passes House - May 28, 2013
Legislation State Senator Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) sponsored to work toward making state universities' taxpayer-funded research available to the public recently passed the House by a vote of 98-16. Senate Bill 1900, which will require each public university to convene an open access task force, now awaits the governor's signature. … Read More
Ingram launches Life Print Program, expands publisher manufacturing services - May 28, 2013
Ingram Content Group Inc., a US-based provider of physical and digital services to the book industry, has announced the launch of its Life PrintSM program, a comprehensive solution for publishers to manage the complete life cycle of print books. Ingram's Life Print program gives publishers… Read More
