Summary of COAR Annual Meeting - May 15, 2017
The COAR Annual Meeting took place at the Università Ca' Foscari in Venice, Italy, on May 8-10, 2017. Eighty international delegates attended the three day meeting, which focused on fostering closer collaboration across countries and regions, and facilitating dialogue about issues of common concern. … Read More
Marist College to integrate Ex Libris Alma and Summon - May 15, 2017
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that Marist College, in Poughkeepsie, New York, will be adopting the Ex Libris Alma® library services platform, to be used in conjunction with the Summon® discovery service. Replacing the library's Voyager® integrated library system (ILS), the combination of Summon… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - May 15, 2017
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: James Hartley and Guillaume Cabanac (Why has submitting a manuscript to a journal become so difficult? A call to simplify an overly complicated process); Cat William (Interpreting altmetrics); EBSCOpost Blog (Be Choosy: Choose Library Books Based on Choice (Outstanding Academic… Read More
Clarivate Analytics and Digital Measures partner to integrate Web of Science and InCites content into Activity Insight - May 12, 2017
For many academic institutions, keeping faculty activity and profiles up to date is a time-consuming data entry exercise. With the newly announced partnership between Clarivate Analytics and Digital Measures, Web of Science and InCites content is now integrated into Activity Insight™, Digital Measures faculty activity reporting… Read More
LBF and Nielsen Book announce third edition of the Virtual Conference: Publishing Around the Globe - May 12, 2017
The London Book Fair has announced that the third edition of its Virtual Conference: Publishing Around the Globe, will return on June 1, 2017, exploring key trends in important global publishing markets through a series of social media events taking place on one day. Supported… Read More
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
