Brill announces participation in the Journal Usage Statistics Portal - April 5, 2012
Academic publisher Brill, Netherlands, has announced its participation in the Journal Usage Statistics Portal (JUSP), a portal that provides a single point of access for usage statistics. Each University can now quickly and easily compare usage across various publishers, years and journals. The new service… Read More
Gale celebrates National Library Week with free access to online resources - April 5, 2012
Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses, is celebrating National Library Week, April 8–14, by encouraging library advocacy in local communities across the US. To help drive awareness at the local level, and to support… Read More
Elsevier / MC Strategies updates e-book on ICD-10 implementation - April 4, 2012
E-learning solutions provider Elsevier/MC Strategies, US, has announced its continued commitment to the ICD-10 transition and the introduction of a major revision to its e-book, A Guide to Education and Training for ICD-10 Implementation. Elsevier also announced its upcoming Spring 2012 schedule of new Revenue Cycle… Read More
Canadian, UK organisations tie up to enhance research efficiency across borders - April 4, 2012
The Consortia Advancing Standards in Research Administration Information (CASRAI), a community-driven membership organisation founded in Canada, has invited the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) to be its first UK member. The two organisations will work together to advance a standard data dictionary for research and to… Read More
NISO publishes revised Recommended Practice for RFID in US libraries - April 4, 2012
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced the availability of RFID in US Libraries (NISO RP-6-2012), a revision of the 2008 Recommended Practice that provides a set of practices and procedures to ensure interoperability among U.S. RFID implementations in libraries. By following these recommendations, libraries… Read More
Maney and MPS launch customised production tracking system, ManeyTrack - April 4, 2012
Academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has launched its customised production tracking system, ManeyTrack. ManeyTrack is a comprehensive web-based system which handles the tracking, information, and reporting elements of the journal production process. It has been developed in collaboration with MPS Limited, a company that provides end-to… Read More