University of Roehampton selects OCLC’s library software - December 31, 2019
The University of Roehampton has selected library cooperative OCLC to provide a new software platform for its library services. The deal has been valued at £240,000 and involves the provision of an integrated suite of software to support key management functions. It will run on… Read More
Hearst announces new appointments - December 31, 2019
Hearst Magazines has announced that Kristen O’Hara has been appointed as a senior vice president and chief business officer. In her new role, O’Hara will be responsible for U.S. advertising sales and marketing across the company’s portfolio of brands and will also have oversight of integrated… Read More
Dear Subscribers - December 31, 2019
This is to inform our esteemed subscribers that there will be no newsletter dispatch on January 1st and January 2nd on account of New Year. We will resume our newsletter service on Friday, January 3, 2020. The newsletter will contain all the headlines that have appeared after the December 31st… Read More
Wolters Kluwer, American Journal of Nursing announce winners for 2019 Book of the Year Awards - December 30, 2019
Wolters Kluwer, Health and the American Journal of Nursing (AJN) have announced the winners of the annual AJN Book of the Year Awards honouring exceptional digital and print texts for advancing healthcare quality. This year marks the 50th year of the AJN Book of the Year… Read More
OCLC partners with libraries on CONTENTdm Linked Data pilot project - December 30, 2019
Digital collections in libraries represent unique materials that illuminate understanding of the world’s cultures, histories, and innovations. Traditional models of item description have resulted in these materials being largely invisible on the internet and hidden from researchers. OCLC is partnering with libraries on a pilot project… Read More
COAR Annual Meeting scheduled to be held in Lima, Peru from April 20-24, 2020 - December 27, 2019
The next COAR Annual Meeting and General Assembly will be held in Lima, Peru on April 23-24, 2020. The theme of the meeting this year will be Fostering Diversity in Scholarly Communication. Diversity is an important characteristic of any healthy ecosystem, including scholarly communications. Diversity in… Read More
