New Publishers Association and ALPSP report on the potential effect of making journals free after a six month embargo - June 4, 2012
The Publishers Association and the Association of Learned, Professional and Society Publishers (ALPSP) have released a report titled ‘The potential effect of making journals free after a six month embargo.’ The report found that an across-the-board mandate might have a material effect… Read More
MP John Hayes launches JISC’s new accessibility tools - June 4, 2012
The UK’s Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has announced the launch of two new TechDis tools as part of the work to improve access to education for all abilities. The tools were launched by John Hayes MP, Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong… Read More
Diversification, key component of ebrary’s strategic approach to e-book acquisition - June 4, 2012
ebrary, a ProQuest business, has announced that 45 percent of its customers are diversifying acquisition models to provide their researchers with a breadth and depth of high-quality, relevant e-books. Many customers subscribe to Academic Complete as an affordable base collection with unlimited access and continued growth and expand the collection… Read More
Innovative Interfaces’ new institutional repository solution puts library at the center of knowledge management - June 4, 2012
Library automation services provider Innovative Interfaces, US, has announced that development of its new institutional repository module, Content Pro IRX, is complete and several library partners will begin beta testing this month. Innovative will offer IRX as an optional add-on module to Content Pro, its digital… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - June 4, 2012
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (The Post-Apocalyptic Publishing Platform); Heather Morrison (Society publishers: time to quit whining and make the leap to open access); Joe Wikert (B&N Desperately Needs To Become a Technology Company); and Kent Anderson (We’re All Publishers Now? Not So… Read More
EBSCO SmartLinks+ to help librarians gain seamless access to full text - June 1, 2012
EBSCO has released a tool, EBSCO SmartLinks+, designed to help librarians expose more content and make searches more relevant within their library’s collection. SmartLinks+ utilises a knowledge base of more than 23 million article links from more than 15,000 journals, dynamically inserting the appropriate links… Read More
