Anglia Ruskin University goes live with Ex Libris Alma - December 2, 2014
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that Anglia Ruskin University in the United Kingdom has gone live with Ex Libris Alma. The next-generation library management solution will enable the Library to release valuable staffing resources by streamlining workflows and has introduced highly-intuitive… Read More
Collaborative agreement among Gale and three universities in British Columbia provides provincial-wide access to research materials - December 2, 2014
British Columbia's 4.6 million residents now have free perpetual access to leading Gale research databases – nearly 200 million pages of digital historical content – as part of a unique agreement arranged by the University of Victoria Libraries, University of British Columbia Library, and Simon Fraser… Read More
Frontiers offers new Impact Metrics and access to Altmetric data - December 1, 2014
Frontiers, a community-rooted open-access publisher, has announced the release of an expanded suite of Impact Metrics and fully integrated Altmetric data. Authors and readers can track and analyze online activity around Frontiers articles, including news, references in policy documents, social media, bookmarking, post-publication peer review and… Read More
Elsevier unveils new journal – Extreme Mechanics Letters - December 1, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of a new journal - Extreme Mechanics Letters. The launch of Extreme Mechanics Letters is driven primarily by the rapid advances at the forefront of applied sciences such as micro and nanotechnologies, biotechnologies, soft materials, smart sensing/actuation, manufacturing,… Read More
BioMed Central to publish Research Involvement and Engagement journal - December 1, 2014
Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced plans to publish the new innovative journal Research Involvement and Engagement, which aims to publish its first articles in June 2015. Research Involvement and Engagement is an interdisciplinary, health and social care journal focusing… Read More
ORCID launches Portuguese-language user interface - December 1, 2014
The Open Research and Contributor ID (ORCID) has announced that it is expanding the languages supported in the ORCID Registry with the launch of a Portuguese-language user interface. Users may now register for an ORCID identifier and manage their account in Portuguese. This augments the… Read More
