University of East London goes live with Ex Libris’ Alma library management solution - September 12, 2012
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that the University of East London (UEL) is now live with the Ex Libris Alma library management solution. Situated in Stratford and Docklands, within Europe's largest regeneration area, the University of East London is among more… Read More
Cambridge University Press and European Political Science Association set to launch new journal - September 12, 2012
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press, UK, and the European Political Science Association (EPSA) have announced a partnership to publish a new peer-reviewed political science journal from 2013. The new journal of the EPSA, Political Science Research and Methods (PSRM) will be an international political science… Read More
Landmark Papers on Higgs Boson freely available online on ScienceDirect - September 11, 2012
Physics Letters B, Elsevier's flagship journal in high energy physics, has announced that the observations of the long-sought Higgs particle, hailed as one of the greatest scientific discoveries of all time, have been published. The papers 'Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125… Read More
Publisher-plaintiffs to appeal court ruling in Georgia State University copyright case - September 11, 2012
Publishers Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press USA and SAGE have announced their intention to appeal the May 11, 2012 decision in the copyright case with Georgia State University (GSU). The three, who are members of the Association of American Publishers (AAP), have stated that as… Read More
Bowker and LibraryThing launch BookPsychic – a personal recommender system for libraries - September 11, 2012
Bibliographic information provider Bowker and LibraryThing have launched BookPsychic, a new concept in readers advisory - a personal recommender system for libraries. BookPsychic is a service within LibraryThing for Libraries, distributed by Bowker, an affiliate of ProQuest. It went live at its first site earlier this… Read More
Knovel University Challenge launches with new weekly prizes for solving engineering problems - September 11, 2012
Knovel, the leading provider of a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, started off the Knovel University Challenge with a new twist - additional prizes will be awarded on a weekly basis, giving students 12 more opportunities to win. The annual… Read More
