Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - May 14, 2012
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (Sizing the Market for Patron-driven Acquisitions (PDA)); John Bynner (Open access publishing should not favour those with deep pockets); Technology Review (How Users Are App-ifying The Web, With or Without Publishers); Phil Davis (Publish-or-Perish Culture Promotes Scientific Narcissism);… Read More
British Library Board appoints Roly Keating as new Chief Executive - May 11, 2012
The Board of the British Library, the national library of the UK, has appointed Roly Keating as the Library’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Keating, currently Director of Archive Content at the BBC, and a former Controller of BBC Two and BBC Four, will take up… Read More
Official journal of the American Urological Association wins 2012 ASAE Gold Circle Award - May 11, 2012
The American Urological Association (AUA) has announced that its official journal, The Journal of Urology, has won the 2012 ASAE Gold Circle Award (Peer-Reviewed Journal category). The Gold Circle Awards honour extraordinary communication efforts across nine categories. The Peer-Reviewed Journal category judged nominees on clarity,… Read More
Ex Libris Group announces version 3.0 of Rosetta digital preservation system - May 11, 2012
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced the release of version 3.0 of the Rosetta digital preservation system. This new module enables each institution to organise and manage collections in the most effective way for the institution’s specific requirements. With version 3,… Read More
ScienceIndex.com adds Pharmacology and Psychiatry categories - May 11, 2012
ScienceIndex.com, a Web 2.0 sciences social network, has announced that it has added two new categories - Pharmacology and Psychiatry. While the Pharmacology category covers composition, uses, and effects of drugs, the Psychiatry category covers the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental and emotional disorders. … Read More
Swets-powered research service Mendeley Institutional Edition goes live - May 11, 2012
Information services provider Swets, Netherlands, has announced that the Mendeley Institutional Edition (MIE) powered by Swets has gone live, empowering libraries and delivering new tools to researchers. MIE is for academic institutions and research groups, who want to provide improved services to researchers. It is… Read More
