ARL Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics 2013–2014 - October 6, 2015
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released ARL Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics 2013–2014, which presents data describing collections, expenditures, personnel, and services in 61 health sciences libraries at ARL member institutions in the US and Canada. In fiscal year 2013–2014, the reporting health… Read More
Semantico announces significant upgrade to SAMS, launches SAMS Sigma - October 6, 2015
Semantico, suppliers of digital publishing solutions to the scholarly and professional market, has announced a significant upgrade to SAMS, the leader in access and identity management for the scholarly community. SAMS Sigma will officially launch at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair. SAMS Sigma is the… Read More
James Peto appointed Head of Public Programmes at Wellcome Collection - October 6, 2015
James Peto has been appointed Head of Public Programmes at Wellcome Collection. Peto has been at the museum since it opened in 2007, co-curating, amongst others, its first temporary exhibition, The Heart and, as Chief Curator, managing a team that has delivered critically acclaimed and increasingly… Read More
Irreversible changes bringing the information industry to a ‘Tipping Point’ in 2016, says Outsell report - October 5, 2015
Outsell, Inc., a research and advisory firm focused on media, information, and technology, has released its 2016 Information Industry Outlook Report: Tipping Point, to help companies understand the trends, and the actions they must take to maintain leadership in a new environment. According to the report,… Read More
Elsevier publishes six new books on animal science - October 5, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of six new animal science books, including the second edition of the comprehensive resource Animal Behavior, edited by Michael Breed and Janice Moore. The book broadly covers animal behaviour from its neurological basis to the importance of behaviour in… Read More
BioMed Central becomes first publisher to implement Author Contributorship Badges - October 5, 2015
Open access publisher BioMed Central is the first publisher to pilot a new system which shows exactly how each researcher contributed to any given scientific article. Author Contributorship Badges are now available on the open data journal GigaScience. To receive credit for their work, researchers… Read More
