Boston University Libraries go live with Ex Libris Alma next-generation resource management solution - November 28, 2012
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that Boston University (BU) Libraries, a member of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), has gone live with the Ex Libris Alma next-generation resource management solution. An early adopter of Alma, BU Libraries collaborated closely with… Read More
ACRL seeks new presenters for ‘Standards for Libraries in Higher Education’ workshop - November 28, 2012
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is accepting applications from prospective new presenters for the workshop 'Planning, Assessing, and Communicating Library Impact: Putting the Standards for Libraries in Higher Education into Action.' The day-long workshop is led by one or two expert presenters at… Read More
McGraw-Hill to sell Education business to Apollo for $2.5 billion - November 27, 2012
Information services provider The McGraw-Hill Companies, US, has signed a definitive agreement to sell its McGraw-Hill Education business to investment funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management, LLC, for a purchase price of $2.5 billion, subject to certain closing adjustments. As part of this transaction, McGraw-Hill will… Read More
Elsevier’s new OA journal to publish case reports on the behavioural aspects of seizures and epilepsy - November 27, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of Epilepsy & Behavior Case Reports, a new online-only Open Access journal devoted to the rapid publication of case reports on the behavioural aspects of seizures and epilepsy. As a sister journal to Epilepsy & Behavior, case reports… Read More
Journals JMR, MRS Communications offer new open access option for authors - November 27, 2012
The Materials Research Society (MRS) and Cambridge University Press (CUP) are jointly offering a new open access (OA) option for authors. The initiative allows authors the choice to publish in the Journal of Materials Research (JMR) and MRS Communications under a new model ensuring broad dissemination… Read More
Renew Training report examines scholarly journals’ reader behaviour - November 27, 2012
Renew Training, operated by Simon Inger and Tracy Gardner, has published the results of a study into how readers discover content in scholarly journals. The survey, supported by SAGE, is the culmination of a 6-month research project comparing the changing reader behaviour between 2005 and 2012… Read More
