From augmented reality to zero warehousing, global drivers of innovation at the Frankfurt Hot Spots - September 17, 2014
Payment systems for digital content, video tools for distance learning, potential uses for 3-D technologies, augmented reality in children's books: the exhibitors at the five Frankfurt Hot Spots offer a wide range of different solutions for all aspects of creating and distributing digital content. With more than 90 exhibitors from… Read More
ProQuest announces ebooks partnership with leading Irish Booksellers - September 17, 2014
ProQuest Ebooks has partnered with O'Mahony's, Irish booksellers and library suppliers, to deliver key content from leading publishers to institutions across Ireland and the UK. This new partnership will enable O'Mahony's customers to purchase over 600,000 ebook titles, which can be chosen title-by-title and then… Read More
SAGE partners with Golden Goose Award to support seemingly peculiar research that makes a big impact - September 17, 2014
Academic and professional publisher SAGE has announced its partnering sponsorship of the 2014 Golden Goose Award. Conceived in 2012 by Congressman Jim Cooper (D-TN), the purpose of the award is to honour researchers whose federally funded work may not have seemed to have significant practical applications… Read More
Kate Lawrence named VP of User Research at EBSCO Information Services - September 17, 2014
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has named Kate Lawrence Vice President, User Research. Lawrence leads the User Research Team and the research activities that enable EBSCO to gain user insight and improve the customer experience across the portfolio of EBSCO products. Lawrence has been a User… Read More
ÜberResearch launches Dimensions for Funders - September 17, 2014
ÜberResearch, a leading software developer for research funding organisations, has launched Dimensions for Funders, a cloud based business intelligence application coupled with a global database of funded research projects. Dimensions for Funders will allow funding organisations, non-profits and governmental institutions globally to search, categorise and… Read More
The Alma Community Zone Advisory Group introduces guidelines for the Ex Libris Alma Community catalogue - September 17, 2014
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the international group of renowned library experts who advise Ex Libris on the Alma Community Zone has completed the guidelines and policies underlying the Alma Community Catalog. The advisory group analysed the needs and objectives of… Read More