Marc21 records made available for various OUP online products - February 25, 2010
Academic and reference books publisher Oxford University Press (OUP), UK, has announced that from February 2010 the MARC records for many of its products will be generated by Bibliographic Data Services. MARC21 records are now available for all titles in OUP’s online products and downloadable for… Read More
DataCite holds first official members meeting - February 25, 2010
DataCite, an international initiative to facilitate access to research data, has announced that leading research libraries and information centres recently converged for the first official members’ convention in Paris. The inclusion of five new members was approved in the offices of the International Council for Science… Read More
ebrary announces 2010 e-book Starter Packs - February 25, 2010
Digital content products and technologies provider ebrary, US, has announced the availability of 24 new Starter Packs. ebrary Starter Packs make it easier for librarians to purchase important titles in high-use academic subject areas. The new packages have been developed based on feedback from the library… Read More
Dear Subscriber - February 25, 2010
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Study to assess role of libraries in supporting humanities PhD students - February 24, 2010
2CUL, a partnership between the libraries at Cornell University and Columbia University, has announced a study to discover if the library can help ameliorate high attrition and low completion rates for doctoral students in the humanities. The goal of the project is to listen to graduate… Read More
Elsevier announces new custom publication guidelines, sets new standards for publishing sponsored content - February 24, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it will publicly share its internal custom publication guidelines. The global publisher seeks to provide scientific and medical communities, insight into a new and practical set of publishing standards for producing custom and sponsored publications. The new guidelines were… Read More
