ProQuest and The Economist Intelligence Unit team up to create first online archive of EIU’s global economic analyses - October 7, 2014
ProQuest and The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) have teamed to create the first online archive of the EIU's global economic analyses – a single source for unbiased, comprehensive reports and statistical data on approximately 200 countries. Economist Intelligence Unit Country Reports Archive… Read More
Tyler Walters named SHARE’s founding director - October 7, 2014
Tyler Walters, dean of university libraries at Virginia Tech, has been named SHARE's founding director, beginning on October 13, 2014. Walters has been involved integrally in SHARE since its inception, serving as co-chair of the SHARE steering group for the past year.… Read More
Western Michigan University selects Ex Libris Alma and Primo - October 7, 2014
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that Western Michigan University has selected the Alma library management service and the Primo discovery and delivery solution to provide unified resource management and unified resource discovery. Alma and Primo replace multiple homegrown… Read More
Cenveo Publisher Services named finalist for the New England Publishing Collaboration Awards - October 7, 2014
Cenveo Publisher Services, a digital and print services company, is one of 10 finalists for the prestigious New England Publishing Collaboration (NEPCo) Awards. Bookbuilders of Boston established the Award and supporting event to honour excellence in the new publishing and information economy.… Read More
Elsevier signs on to CCC’s Republication Service - October 6, 2014
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a global licensing and content solutions organization, has announced that STM publisher Elsevier has signed on to CCC's Republication Service to simplify the process of negotiating broad republication permissions for its Science & Technology and Health books… Read More
New whitepaper offers recommendations to improve usage, discovery and access of e-content in libraries - October 6, 2014
A group of professionals from libraries, content providers and OCLC have published 'Success Strategies for Electronic Content Discovery and Access,' a white paper that identifies data quality issues in the content supply chain and offers practical recommendations for improved usage, discovery and access of e-content in… Read More