UCLA Library receives $3.4 million grant for project focused on ephemeral media of Middle East - March 2, 2012
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has announced that the UCLA Library has received a grant of $3.4 million from the Arcadia Fund to launch an initiative to digitise, preserve and provide broad public access to print items, images, and multimedia and social networking resources… Read More
JISC, Cardiff University unveil tool to assess e-resource usage - March 2, 2012
The UK’s JISC and Cardiff University’s information services directorate have launched a new tool, called Raptor, which allows people to assess the popularity and use of e-resources. The aim is to help them continue to deliver value for money. According to Eileen Brandreth, director of… Read More
Blackboard and Datatel+SGHE announce strategic partnership to integrate Colleague with Blackboard Learn 9.1 - March 2, 2012
Enterprise technology and innovative solutions provider Blackboard Inc, US, and Datatel+SGHE have announced a strategic partnership to integrate Colleague with Blackboard Learn 9.1 through Datatel+SGHE’s Intelligent Learning Platform (ILP). The planned integration will make it easier for institutions to manage information from their administrative and academic… Read More
Springer adds six new clinical review journals to its medicine portfolio - March 1, 2012
STM publisher Springer has announced that it is adding six new quarterly clinical review journals to its existing medicine portfolio in March 2012. These new journals will expand the publisher’s medical specialty coverage, focusing on dermatology, geriatrics/gerontology, nutrition, obesity, obstetrics/gynecology and respiratory care. Editorial responsibilities will… Read More
E-book consumers drive sales via apps and online retailers, says BISG Study - March 1, 2012
E-book consumers are increasing their purchase of books - both print and e-book formats - online and especially through in-app purchasing, and decreasing their use of brick-and-mortar stores, according to the Book Industry Study Group (BISG)'s Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading survey. The first instalment in… Read More
Elsevier/Gold Standard to be exclusive distributor of new price type, Predictive Acquisition Cost - March 1, 2012
Drug database provider Elsevier/Gold Standard, US, has announced an agreement with Glass Box Analytics to become the exclusive distributor of a new price type, Predictive Acquisition Cost (PAC). Glass Box Analytics represents a strategic joint venture between Pathria Analytics LLC and ChainDrugStore.net. Together they bring advanced… Read More
