SAGE launches streaming video collections to support pedagogical, curricular and research needs - May 6, 2015
Academic and professional publisher SAGE has announced the launch of SAGE Video, streaming video collections designed to support a range of needs across higher education, including pedagogical use in undergraduate teaching and learning and higher-level academic study and research. Celebrating 50 years as a social and… Read More
Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition transfers to BioMed Central - May 6, 2015
Open access publisher BioMed Central will publish the Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. The journal was first published in 1983 and in transferring to the open access publisher it joins the growing number of global health journals within the portfolio. BioMed Central and the… Read More
EBSCO unveils customisable newsletter tool to help professionals share content efficiently - May 6, 2015
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced the availability of its newsletter builder tool that lets corporate librarians and information professionals share information with stakeholders across their organisations via customized e-newsletters. EBSCO Newsletter Builder enables professionals in corporations of all sizes to find focused content from known… Read More
New COAR Executive Board elected - May 6, 2015
The election of the new Executive Board (2015 – 2018) took place at the COAR General Assembly on April 14, 2015. The new Board, which has been expanded from three to six members, reflects the increasingly international nature of COAR with representatives from Europe, Africa, Latin… Read More
U.S. Senate confirms Willie E. May as 15th director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology - May 6, 2015
On May 4, 2015, the U.S. Senate confirmed Willie E. May as the second Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and the 15th director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). May has been serving as acting director since June 2014.… Read More
Public Reading Network of Euskadi becomes first public library group in Spain to make its collections globally accessible via WorldCat - May 6, 2015
Red de Lectura Pública de Euskadi (Public Reading Network of Euskadi) has announced that its union catalogue, which represents the collections of more than 240 municipal libraries in the Basque Country of Spain, will be added to WorldCat in 2015. The Network… Read More
