ARL publishes Reconfiguring Service Delivery, SPEC Kit 327 - December 28, 2011
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published Reconfiguring Service Delivery, SPEC Kit 327, which investigates whether and how ARL member libraries have reconfigured staffed service delivery points in the main library and in any branches that report to the main library. SPEC Kit 327… Read More
Architecture and Civil Engg. sections added to engineering category of Sciencia.org - December 28, 2011
Two new sections, on architecture and civil engineering sciences, have been added to the Engineering Sciences category of the sciences social network, Sciencia.org. The users of the website monitor 72 scientific journals publishing in these two disciplines which currently contain over 9,000 articles. Sciencia.org was… Read More
Google seeks to remove groups from Books lawsuits - December 27, 2011
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, recently filed a motion to dismiss copyright claims against its Google Books project by groups representing authors and photographers. According to Google, the groups could not sue over copyrights they did not own. If granted, only the individual plaintiffs… Read More
ARL announces availability of final report on the usage of electronic resources - December 27, 2011
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced the availability of the final report of a study on the usage of electronic resources - MINES for Libraries: Measuring the Impact of Networked Electronic Services and the Ontario Council of University Libraries' Scholar Portal, Final Report 2011.… Read More
RSC Publishing supports Japanese Shibboleth - December 23, 2011
Scientific publisher RSC Publishing, the publishing arm of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, has announced that it is developing the RSC Publishing Platform to work with Shibboleth institutions all over the world. With this move, the publisher seeks to provide customers and users more access… Read More
Brill releases BrillOnline.com, new resource center for study and research - December 23, 2011
Academic publisher Brill, Netherlands, has released BrillOnline.com, the brand new resource center for study and research. BrillOnline.com provides the academic user access to Brill's wide collection of e-books, online journals, online reference works and online bibliographies. At launch BrillOnline.com contains more than 800,000 documents. Projected… Read More
