ARL publishes Library Contribution to Accreditation, SPEC Kit 330 - October 10, 2012
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published Library Contribution to Accreditation, SPEC Kit 330, which explores the scope of accreditation standards, the data provided by research libraries to meet the requirements of accrediting bodies, and which library staff participate in preparing reports and site visits.… Read More
Health Economic Evaluations Database now available via EBSCOhost - October 10, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that the Health Economic Evaluations Database (HEED), a database containing information on studies of cost-effectiveness and other forms of economic evaluation of medicines, is now available via EBSCOhost. Initially developed as a joint initiative between the… Read More
Stanford University Press partners with Oxford University Press to launch Stanford Scholarship Online on OUP’s UPSO platform - October 10, 2012
Academic publisher Stanford University Press has announced a partnership with Oxford University Press (OUP) to launch Stanford Scholarship Online on OUP's University Press Scholarship Online (UPSO) platform. Responding to increased demand for online scholarly content, UPSO streamlines the research journey by… Read More
Cyprus becomes a CERN Associate Member State - October 9, 2012
The CERN Director-General, Rolf Heuer, and the Cyprus Minister of Education and Culture, George Demosthenous, have signed an agreement under which Cyprus will become an Associate Member State in the pre-stage to Membership. The agreement will have to be ratified by the Parliament of Cyprus before… Read More
Elsevier enhances Article Page Design on ScienceDirect - October 9, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the next step in enhancing its article page design on ScienceDirect. Following initial changes made earlier this year, moving away from the traditional linear article by improving in-article navigation and readability, the article has now been further transformed into an… Read More
ACCUCOMS and RINGGOLD sign representation deal - October 9, 2012
ACCUCOMS, a Netherlands-based provider of sales and marketing services to scholarly and society publishers, has signed a contract with RINGGOLD for exclusive representation for territories outside the UK and North America. This is the first such partnership between ACCUCOMS and another provider of publisher services. … Read More
