ACRL becomes key dissemination partner for the NMC Horizon Report > Library Edition - April 20, 2016
The Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) has joined the network of partners behind the NMC Horizon Report > Library Edition. Since the inaugural report in 2014, the academic and research library-focused edition of the NMC Horizon Report series has been a collaboration between the… Read More
University of Montana selects the Ex Libris campusM as unified mobile platform - April 20, 2016
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the University of Montana (UM) has selected the Ex Libris campusM mobile campus solution to disseminate information and provide services to the campus community through a high-quality user experience. UM will benefit from the standards and best practices… Read More
Concordia University in Montreal becomes first Quebec university to adopt Get It Now - April 20, 2016
Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) and Copibec have announced a partnership with Concordia University in Montreal, which becomes the first Quebec university to use Get It Now. This service, already adopted by about 350 US higher education institutions, gives CEGEPs and universities access… Read More
SPARC and Johns Hopkins University Libraries collaborate to launch resource analyzing US federal data sharing policies - April 19, 2016
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University Libraries, has released a new resource for tracking, comparing, and understanding U.S. federal funder research data sharing policies. This free tool, launched at datasharing.sparcopen.org, provides a detailed analysis… Read More
Applications called for ALPSP Awards for Innovation in Publishing 2016 - April 19, 2016
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers is inviting applications for this year's ALPSP Awards for Innovation in Publishing. The ALPSP Awards recognise and celebrate the best innovators in the industry at a time when scholarly publishing is changing rapidly. The finalists will be… Read More
SCOAP3 initiative extended for three more years - April 19, 2016
The SCOAP3 collaboration has announced the extension of this Open Access initiative for three more years, from January 2017 through December 2019. Following the success of the first years of operation of SCOAP3, representatives of the 3,000 SCOAP3 partners in 47 countries, ten scholarly publishers… Read More
