SAGE announces new research study to investigate library value - January 23, 2012
Academic and professional publisher SAGE has commissioned a new research study to investigate library value. The project, 'Working together: evolving value for academic libraries,’ will investigate the value of academic libraries for teaching and research staff. The research is being undertaken by LISU, a national… Read More
EBSCO A-to-Z and LinkSource set to be integrated into EBSCO’s overall discovery solution - January 23, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced that the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) will benefit from the formal merging of EBSCO A-to-Z and LinkSource into EBSCO’s overall discovery solution. The two resources, which are relied upon by thousands of universities and other institutions around… Read More
OCLC forms strategic partnership with Sustainable Collection Services - January 23, 2012
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, has announced a strategic partnership with Sustainable Collection Services, LLC, an organisation founded by the principals of R2 Consulting, that leverages WorldCat Data to help libraries intelligently manage their print monograph collections. Sustainable Collection Services (SCS) makes use of the… Read More
Gale outlines first archives for Nineteenth Century Collections Online - January 23, 2012
US-based Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses, has announced the source libraries, collections and plans for the first four modules of Nineteenth Century Collections Online. The initiative is its global digitisation and publishing programme… Read More
University Publishing Online adds six more academic presses to its portfolio - January 23, 2012
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press, UK, has announced the addition of six more academic presses to its University Publishing Online (UPO) platform. 2012 will see the addition of content from Anthem Press, Boydell & Brewer, Edinburgh University Press, Nottingham University Press, Pickering & Chatto and the… Read More
ebrary unveils mobile app to access content from multiple sources - January 23, 2012
E-books and research technology provider ebrary, US, a ProQuest business, has released the 2011 Global Student E-book Survey, according to which the demand for e-book accessibility, especially on mobile devices, is growing significantly. Sixty percent of respondents indicated that downloading e-books onto… Read More
