Texas Tech Libraries joins HathiTrust - February 24, 2015
Texas Tech University Libraries has joined HathiTrust, a partnership of academic and research institutions offering a collection of millions of digitised titles from more than 100 libraries throughout the world. The partnership increases Texas Tech Libraries' holdings by more than 5… Read More
The London Book Fair to extend Publishing for Digital Minds conference into the virtual arena, first social media conference to focus on trends in global publishing - February 23, 2015
The London Book Fair has announced that it will extend the Publishing for Digital Minds conference into the virtual arena on March 18, 2015, with the first social media conference to focus on trends in global publishing. The virtual conference, 'Around the World in 8… Read More
EBSCO acquires YBP Library Services and its GOBI platform from Baker & Taylor, Inc. - February 23, 2015
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced a significant investment in the library workflow with the acquisition of YBP Library Services (YBP) from Baker &Taylor. Founded in 1971, YBP Library Services has served as the leader in delivering academic library workflow and… Read More
Springer and Turkish consortium TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM EKUAL sign agreement for nationwide access to scientific journals - February 23, 2015
STM publisher Springer and the Turkish consortium TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM EKUAL have signed a comprehensive license agreement for access to Springer's complete journal collection plus the Adis collections. The new agreement enables scientists, researchers and students from 193 academic and research institutions in Turkey to use and… Read More
ProQuest continues collaboration with YBP - February 23, 2015
ProQuest has announced that it will continue its longstanding relationship with YBP, enabling libraries to purchase its selection of more than 730,000 ebooks through the GOBI platform. ProQuest titles will continue to be offered through all available purchase models, including Perpetual Archive, Short-Term Loans, Demand-driven Acquisition… Read More
Portico and InTech announce preservation deal - February 23, 2015
Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that InTech will be preserving its e-journals with Portico, ensuring that their content will be secure and available into the future. InTech is based in Rijeka, Croatia. Since 2004, InTech collaborated with more than 87,000 authors from more than… Read More
