Additional new collection of Periodicals Archive Online now available to Jisc members across the UK - March 30, 2016
Jisc, which provides digital solutions to UK's research and education institutions, has purchased a second collection of 50 titles from ProQuest's Periodicals Archive Online (PAO) resource on behalf of all UK universities, colleges and research councils. This new collection of 50… Read More
Emerald Group Publishing sponsors ICAM 2016, helps drive debate on the impact of business school education - March 30, 2016
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing is sponsoring ICAM 2016 - hosted at the John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center, Boston, April 3-5 - and engage in a wide debate on the impact of business school education. Emerald will launch a new book, Reimagining Business… Read More
Ex Libris Users of North America to introduce Developers Day at Annual Meeting - March 30, 2016
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, has announced its participation in Developers Day at the Ex Libris Users of North America (ELUNA) May 2016 Annual Meeting. The first of its kind at ELUNA Annual Meetings, Developers Day will be devoted to technical presentations by customer developers and… Read More
Leiden University Libraries joins the International Image Interoperability Framework Consortium - March 30, 2016
Leiden University Libraries has announced that it will integrate the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) image delivery technologies into its digital library infrastructure. Leiden University Libraries is the founding member of the IIIF Consortium. A growing community of the world's leading research libraries and image… Read More
Kudos adds six new clients in five countries, continues global expansion - March 30, 2016
Kudos, a service for maximising the reach and impact of research publications, has announced continued growth in the first quarter of 2016. The six most recent clients to join its services span five countries, including the company's first customer in China, where 5% of registered Kudos… Read More
Wellcome Trust criticises publishers over failure to deposit papers in the right OA repository and properly attribute them with a creative commons licence - March 29, 2016
The Wellcome Trust has reportedly warned big publishers that it could refuse to provide researchers with funds to publish in certain types of their journals unless they improve their service and lower their costs. Publishers Elsevier and Wiley have been singled out as often failing to… Read More
