Springer launches new water platform - March 19, 2013
STM publisher Springer has announced the launch of a new, interdisciplinary platform on water at springer.com/aboutwater. Springer's new Water Program brings together Springer publications from a wide variety of scientific disciplines. Researchers, policymakers and administrative decision makers, engineers, lawyers and water… Read More
Universities Australia and Thomson Reuters renew purchasing agreement - March 19, 2013
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced that Universities Australia has renewed the purchasing agreement that allows 36 members access to the Thomson Reuters Web of Science database for three additional years. This ensures that researchers have access to high quality scientific… Read More
Serials Solutions unveils Summon 2.0, raises the bar for web-scale discovery - March 18, 2013
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has introduced Summon 2.0 creating another historical milestone for library discovery services. Optimised for academic research, Summon 2.0 represents groundbreaking features and a new, modern interface for the Summon discovery service that will resonate with users familiar with open web search… Read More
Cloud Connect announces expanded lineup of keynote speakers for Silicon Valley event - March 18, 2013
Cloud Connect, an event produced by UBM Tech, has announced the expanded lineup of keynote speakers, including Ann Winblad of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners and Margaret Dawson of HP Cloud Services. In addition, DEPLOYCON, presented by Rishidot Research LLC, is a new one-day conference presented in… Read More
OCLC Research, Pennsylvania University to hold event, ‘MOOCS and Libraries’ - March 18, 2013
Library information provider OCLC Research and the University of Pennsylvania have announced an event named 'MOOCs and Libraries: Massive Opportunity or Overwhelming Challenge?' on March 18-19. The event will feature presentations about how libraries are already getting involved with MOOCs (massive open online course), and engage… Read More
Taylor & Francis Open Access survey explores authors views on OA publishing and their level of involvement - March 18, 2013
Taylor & Francis' Research and Business Intelligence Department recently conducted a survey of the Taylor & Francis author community for their views on Open Access publishing and their level of involvement with it. This survey, circulated in the final weeks of 2012 leading into early 2013,… Read More
