Memorial University of Newfoundland opts for Ex Libris Solutions - February 2, 2015
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that Memorial University in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada has adopted a suite of Ex Libris solutions comprising Alma® library management solution, the Primo® discovery and delivery solution, and the Rosetta digital asset management and preservation system. These… Read More
Nature Publishing Group and The University of Queensland launch new OA journal – npj Science of Learning - January 30, 2015
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group has partnered with The University of Queensland (UQ) to publish npj Science of Learning, a new open access research journal that will explore the neurobiology of learning in experimental and educational environments. UQ researcher Professor Pankaj Sah of the Queensland Brain… Read More
ProQuest joins BIBCO and ECIP Cataloging Partnership Programs - January 30, 2015
ProQuest has announced that it has become a partner in the Library of Congress' Electronic Cataloging in Publication (ECIP) Cataloging Partnership and BIBCO Programs. The company is the first publisher ever to partner in the ECIP program and joins academic libraries in cataloguing pre-publication galleys of… Read More
Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering now open for submissions - January 30, 2015
Swiss open-access publisher Frontiers has announced that Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering is open for submissions. Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering welcomes original, theoretical, and applied research in mechanical sciences and engineering, with a scope from the nano- to the macroscale. Submissions are peer-reviewed on Frontiers' unique… Read More
Historical databases now accessible to libraries through WorldCat and WorldCat Discovery Services - January 30, 2015
Accessible Archives, Inc., a publisher of electronic full-text searchable historical databases, has entered into an agreement with OCLC, a nonprofit library cooperative providing research, programs and services for libraries, to add MARC records from hundreds of digitised historical book resources to WorldCat for discovery of these… Read More
Maney Publishing partners with ReadCube to widen reach of its collection - January 30, 2015
Academic publisher Maney Publishing has announced its partnership with Boston-based publishing software company ReadCube. Through ReadCube's Discover service, over 100,000 articles from Maney Publishing will be indexed, with their discoverability bolstered via ReadCube's web, desktop, and mobile reading portals, search engines, and recommendation feeds. … Read More
