NISO to develop recommended practices for demand-driven acquisition of monographs - June 21, 2012
The voting members of the US' National Information Standards Organization (NISO) have approved a new project to develop recommended practices for the Demand-Driven Acquisition (DDA) of Monographs. Many libraries have embraced DDA (also referred to as patron-driven acquisition) to present many more titles to their patrons… Read More
Registration for 2012 Library Assessment Conference now open - June 21, 2012
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced that registration is now open for the 2012 Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment. It is claimed to be the only conference in North America to focus solely on library assessment. This fourth assessment conference will… Read More
Allen Press offers mobile optimisation for its online journal hosting platform, Pinnacle - June 21, 2012
Publishing services provider Allen Press, Inc., US, is offering mobile optimisation for its online journal hosting platform, Pinnacle. Pinnacle for Mobile enables publishers to present content attractively across all major mobile platforms while controlling access from the institution out to the end users and their devices.… Read More
George Mason University Libraries select Ex Libris’ Primo discovery and delivery system - June 21, 2012
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that George Mason University Libraries have selected the Primo discovery and delivery system. Combined with the Primo Central Index of scholarly e-resources, the Primo system enables users to search the entire spectrum of a library's… Read More
Cengage Learning and National Geographic Society announce extended agreement to create additional library products - June 21, 2012
Gale, part of Cengage Learning, and the National Geographic Society, a non-profit scientific and educational organisation, have announced an extended agreement to create additional library products as part of a new product suite, National Geographic Virtual Library. Earlier this year, Gale announced the National Geographic… Read More
American Society of Plant Biologists join The Independent Scholarly Publishers Group - June 21, 2012
The Independent Scholarly Publishers Group (ISPG), managed by Dragonfly Sales and Marketing Consulting, has added the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) to its ranks, along with its two journals - The Plant Cell and Plant Physiology. The ISPG will be representing ASPB to Australia/New Zealand,… Read More
