University of Genoa selects Ex Libris Alma Service to unify management of resources - May 12, 2017
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that Italy's University of Genoa (Università degli Studi di Genova) has opted to migrate to the Ex Libris Alma® library management service to help meet the increasing demand for electronic resources. Integrated with the university's Primo discovery and delivery… Read More
Ex Libris launches new release of the Ex Libris Summon discovery service - May 11, 2017
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has launched a new release of the Ex Libris Summon® discovery service to help libraries further address researcher and student needs and streamline operations. The release includes integration with the Ex Libris bX® Recommender service and ProQuest Syndetics Unbound catalogue enrichment… Read More
PubMed to include authors’ conflict-of-interest statements and link them to abstracts - May 8, 2017
PubMed, the leading database of abstracts from medical and life science journals, will reportedly include authors' conflict-of-interest statements and link them to abstracts so they are accessible on search pages. Most journals necessitate authors to reveal funding and conflicts. To simplify reporting to PubMed, all… Read More
ProQuest and InfoReady simplify grant workflow - May 5, 2017
ProQuest and technology company InfoReady Corporation are enabling research administrators to save time and improve the accuracy of grant application management by integrating the functionality of the ProQuest Pivot® solution and InfoReady's InfoReady Review™ platform. The combination creates one seamless workflow from funding opportunity discovery to… Read More
CARL and OCUL in deal to enhance data management and digital preservation in Canada - May 5, 2017
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) and the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) have signed an agreement to work together to identify and advance regional and national issues relating to the data discovery, management and digital preservation needs of the… Read More
Springer and ABES sign landmark eBooks agreement - May 3, 2017
STM publisher Springer and ABES (agence bibliographique de l'enseignement supérieur) have signed a national license which gives access to four complete eBook collections. The agreement entitles French researchers to use one of the world's largest scientific and technical eBook collections, available on Springer's platform SpringerLink. The… Read More
