Texas Tech University adopts Ex Libris Alma - August 12, 2014
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that Texas Tech University has selected the Ex Libris Alma resource management solution. Replacing a number of Ex Libris systems—including the Aleph integrated library system—Texas Tech will integrate Alma with the library's Ex Libris Primo discovery layer.… Read More
SirsiDynix reaches eResource Central agreement with Wheelers - August 12, 2014
SirsiDynix and Wheelers are working together to bring thousands of eBooks directly to a library's catalogue. Wheelers is one of New Zealand's largest online book suppliers to schools and public libraries and has supplied library services to users across the South Pacific for 40 years. The… Read More
ARL Diversity Scholars selected for 2014–2016 - August 12, 2014
Members of the ARL Committee on Diversity and Leadership have selected 13 master of library and information science (MLIS) students to participate in the 2014–2016 Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce (IRDW) as ARL Diversity Scholars. Underwritten by ARL member libraries, the Initiative to Recruit… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - August 11, 2014
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Alice Meadows (Public Access: Getting More Research to More People); Timo Hannay (Stop the deluge of science research); Rob Farrow (The Open Educational Resources Impact Map: researching impact through openness and collaboration); Jill O’Neill (Libraries and Kindle Unlimited); and Andrea… Read More
Corrigendum - August 11, 2014
This is with reference to the news alert titled "HighWire appoints Abhinav Mittal as Vice President of Engineering" covered in the News Section of Knowledgespeak (dated August 8, 2014). It may be noted that the lead paragraph of this news article has been revised to read as: HighWire Press, a… Read More
Springer set to publish new online-only journal – ChemTexts - August 11, 2014
STM publisher Springer will publish a new online-only journal called ChemTexts –The Textbook Journal of Chemistry, beginning in 2015. With four issues a year and 250 pages per issue, ChemTexts will impart contemporary knowledge in all subdivisions of chemistry to students at an exceptionally high didactic… Read More
