United for Libraries now accepting applications for Baker & Taylor Awards - March 23, 2015
United for Libraries is accepting applications for the Baker & Taylor Awards, given to friends of the library groups and library foundations. Applications are due May 1, 2015. Given annually since 2000, the Baker & Taylor Awards have recognised more than 40 groups for outstanding… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - March 23, 2015
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Dr Tara Spires-Jones (When Scientific Fraud Isn't Fraud: How Both Researchers and Publishers Can Help Prevent Retractions); Joseph Esposito (More Consolidation in the Publishing Business); Monica Berger and Jill Cirasella (Beyond Beall’s List: We need a better understanding of predatory… Read More
AMI Software and Elsevier in deal to integrate Scopus Data into AMI Enterprise Intelligence - March 20, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier and market intelligence solutions provider AMI Software (AMI) have announced an agreement to provide AMI Software's core product AMI Enterprise Intelligence (AMI EI) with access to data from Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, with smart tools that track,… Read More
EBSCO unveils Orbit, an online catalogue of EBSCO Discovery Service apps - March 20, 2015
EBSCO Orbit™, an online catalogue of apps that enhance the EBSCO discovery experience for library users, is now available from EBSCO Information Services. The self-service environment allows libraries to browse and request apps, and offers the opportunity to have EBSCO manage these apps. Orbit includes… Read More
Cambridge University Press adopts OrgRef for improved data quality - March 20, 2015
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press (CUP) has adopted the OrgRef dataset to help clean and de-duplicate its customer data. OrgRef is a free and open dataset which has been created by DataSalon for the benefit of the scholarly publishing community. OrgRef shares structured information about… Read More
Prof. Venki Ramakrishnan to succeed Sir Paul Nurse as next President of the Royal Society - March 20, 2015
Professor Sir Venki Ramakrishnan, a Wellcome Trust Investigator, has been announced as the next President of the Royal Society. The Nobel Prize-winning structural biologist will take up the position in December 2015 when the current President, Sir Paul Nurse, steps down. Professor Sir Venki Ramakrishnan… Read More
