NISO seeks comments on new Recommended Practice draft for improved access to institutionally-provided information resources - April 18, 2019
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) seeks comments on a new Recommended Practice draft for improved access to institutionally-provided information resources. This document details the findings from the Resource Access for the 21st Century (RA21) initiative and provides recommendations for using federated identity as an access… Read More
University of Manchester Library selects Ex Libris Leganto solution for reading list services - April 18, 2019
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that The University of Manchester Library has selected the Ex Libris Leganto™ reading list solution to help the University realise its 2020 vision for achieving an outstanding learning and student experience. The Ex Libris Leganto solution will replace Talis®… Read More
McGraw-Hill and OhioLINK provide savings on course materials for Ohio College Students - April 18, 2019
OhioLINK, a consortium of academic libraries serving the state of Ohio, has announced that it will continue working with McGraw-Hill to make course materials available at a reduced cost to OhioLINK’s 89 member institutions in higher education-representing more than 800,000 students in the state's higher education… Read More
Kudos appoints Emma Dennis as Academic Outreach Manager - April 18, 2019
Kudos, the award-winning service for accelerating research impact through strategic communications management, has announced the appointment of Emma Dennis as Academic Outreach Manager. Emma joins Kudos from the Web of Science Group at Clarivate Analytics, where she worked extensively with both university and publisher clients… Read More
Ramsay Générale de Santé deploys Elsevier’s clinical knowledge solution, ClinicalKey - April 17, 2019
Elsevier, the global information analytics business specializing in science and health, has announced that Ramsay Générale de Santé, a leader in its sector, is the first private hospital in France to deploy ClinicalKey, a clinical knowledge solution from Elsevier. With its intelligent search engine and rich… Read More
Content sharing at Springer Nature goes from strength to strength with SharedIt - April 17, 2019
SharedIt was used by Springer Nature authors, its subscribers and its media partners to create over 7 million free sharable links to content in 2018. These links, which can also be shared on authors’ websites and on social media, were then used to view articles for… Read More