Publishers Licensing Society CEO steps down to take new position at Elsevier - April 14, 2010
The Publishers Licensing Society (PLS) has announced that Alicia Wise will be leaving PLS after 5 years as CEO. Her part-time secondment to The Publishers Association as its Head of Digital Publishing will also come to an end at that time. PLS is co-owned by the… Read More
Dear Subscribers - April 14, 2010
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American libraries drawing more users but lesser funds, says ALA report - April 13, 2010
The American Library Association (ALA) has released the 2010 State of America’s Libraries report, which suggests that Americans have turned to their libraries in larger numbers in recent years. Since the recession took hold in December 2007, the local library, a traditional source of free access… Read More
Cambridge University Press in alliance to develop tools for digital content in education - April 13, 2010
Cambridge University Press (CUP), Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs and Abilene Christian University have announced a joint research project to develop tools to deliver educational content via mobile devices. The three organisations have been analysing what it means to read, write and publish in the learning space in… Read More
North Carolina universities opt for Collexis and Scopus to create expert community - April 13, 2010
Semantic technology and knowledge discovery software developer Collexis Holdings, Inc., US, has announced an agreement with the University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University. The deal seeks to link research faculty from the universities utilising data from Elsevier’s Scopus database and the RAMSeS software… Read More
Wiley launches Chinese language website – Wileychina.com - April 13, 2010
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has launched its Chinese language website at http://www.wileychina.com. Wileychina.com is expected to raise the publisher’s profile in China through greater and more meaningful engagement with the community there. Wileychina.com will feature general information about Wiley’s… Read More
