Carolyn Anthony elected 2013-2014 PLA president - May 9, 2012
The Public Library Association (PLA) has announced that Carolyn Anthony, director of the Skokie (Ill.) Public Library, has been elected the 2013-2014 president of the PLA. Anthony has been actively involved in PLA throughout her career, serving on the PLA Board from 1987–1989 and again… Read More
Student e-book usage stronger in the UK than other regions, says survey - May 9, 2012
Students in the UK who recently participated in ebrary’s Global Student E-book Survey reported a greater preference for digital over printed books and higher usage than their global counterparts in a similar survey conducted in 2011. When asked how often they would choose e-books over printed… Read More
Wiley acquires higher education publisher Harlan Davidson Inc. - May 9, 2012
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc, US, has announced the acquisition of Harlan Davidson Inc. (HDI), a family-owned publishing company in Wheeling, IL. The acquisition builds on Wiley’s existing high quality American History portfolio, and strengthens growing curriculum areas such as World History, Atlantic History and… Read More
Optical Society announces enhancements to digital library, Optics InfoBase - May 9, 2012
The Optical Society (OSA) has announced the launch of several enhancements to its digital library, Optics InfoBase. Central to the new services that have launched is the reinvention of its journal article interface. With this new interface, users can more easily access and browse each article’s… Read More
MPIP and co-sponsors collaborate with journal editors to close credibility gap in publishing industry-sponsored research - May 9, 2012
The Medical Publishing Insights and Practices (MPIP) initiative and its co-sponsors recently collaborated with journal editors to characterise the persistent and perceived credibility gap in reporting industry-sponsored research and to identify potential approaches to resolve it. This round table, hosted by MPIP, reached consensus on ‘Ten… Read More
IEEE 802 standard designed to help reduce complexity and human error - May 9, 2012
Technical professional association IEEE, US, has announced that it has approved the IEEE 802.1aq-2012 Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Bridges and Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks. Also known as Shortest Path Bridging (SPB), the standard will help dramatically reduce the complexity of Ethernet networks… Read More
