Pearson survey shows high levels of personal tablet and smartphone use in elementary, middle and high schools - May 1, 2013
Pearson, a US-based provider of educational content and services, recently released a new study according to which students in the US strongly believe that mobile devices will improve education. According to the study, nine in ten of today’s elementary, middle and high school students believe… Read More
EBSCO unveils Non-Patent Prior Art Source - May 1, 2013
Research database and e-book provider EBSCO has introduced Non-Patent Prior Art Source to provide a fast, single point of access to the largest non-patent literature repository available for those conducting prior art searches. The new resource is expected to save time and money for intellectual property… Read More
The Charlesworth Group to represent F1000 in the academic and pharmaceutical market in China - May 1, 2013
The Charlesworth Group has announced that it has been appointed to represent F1000 in the academic and pharmaceutical market in China. Based in Beijing, the company’s China Experts team provides a variety of services to help publishers increase their sales and revenue in China - including… Read More
Canadian university adopts next-generation Ex Libris Alma and Primo - May 1, 2013
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the University of Windsor, a member of the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL), has selected the Primo discovery and delivery solution and the Alma library management service. It is expected that Alma's automatic workflows… Read More
IET selects CCC’s RightsLink to manage article processing charges for OA journal publications - April 30, 2013
Licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), US, has announced that The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has chosen CCC's RightsLink for Open Access to manage article processing charges for all of its open access journal publications. This includes the recently launched, The Journal… Read More
OCLC Research to host webinar on managing research data at libraries - April 30, 2013
Library information provider OCLC Research is to host a webinar on May 14, 2013, titled 'Managing Research Data—from Goals to Reality'. It has invited all OCLC Research Library Partners to join the dialogue between Sally Rumsey, Digital Research Librarian at the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford,… Read More
