Nine Natural Resources Canada libraries migrate to Evergreen automation software - June 10, 2009
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) Library, a 13-library organisation, has gone live with the first phase of its migration to Evergreen, a consortial-quality open-source library automation software. The migration includes the seven locations for NRCan Library's Canadian Forestry Center Library as well as two locations for its… Read More
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins secures 17 awards in multiple categories - June 10, 2009
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, received 17 different awards for writing, editing and design in the annual awards competition of the American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors (ASHPE). The awards include four gold, six silver, and seven bronze awards. With… Read More
SOPHE names new Editor-in-Chief for its Health Promotion Practice journal - June 10, 2009
The Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) Board of Trustees has announced the appointment of Dr. Leonard Jack, Jr., as the editor-in-chief of the Society's peer-reviewed journal Health Promotion Practice (HPP). He succeeds Randy Schwartz, MSPH, Senior Vice President, American Cancer Society, New England Division, who… Read More
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ARL calls for members to refrain from signing nondisclosure or confidentiality clauses - June 9, 2009
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Board of Directors voted in support of a resolution introduced by its Scholarly Communication Steering Committee to strongly encourage ARL member libraries to refrain from signing agreements with publishers or vendors, either individually or through consortia, which include nondisclosure or… Read More
New version of Emerald Management First on display at SLA Conference - June 9, 2009
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has announced that the new version of Emerald Management First will be on display at the Special Libraries Association's Annual Conference (SLA), scheduled for June 14-17, 2009, at Washington, DC. Emerald Management First, an online knowledge… Read More
