Aries Systems appoints Jake Kelleher as Director, Sales - December 20, 2018
Online submission system provider Aries Systems has announced the appointment of Jake Kelleher, Director of Sales for Aries Systems Corporation. With over 25 years of experience in the publishing and information industry, Kelleher is uniquely qualified to lead Aries' technology sales team as the company… Read More
The Atlantic Magazine Archive now available through EBSCO Information Services - December 19, 2018
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that The Atlantic Magazine Archive, a complete archive of the monthly magazine, The Atlantic, is now available through its magazine archives. The archive enables libraries to expand their special collections with a valuable historical resource for past and contemporary research.… Read More
OCLC names Bart Murphy as Chief Technology and Information Officer - December 19, 2018
Non-profit global library cooperative OCLC has named Bart Murphy as its Chief Technology and Information Officer. Murphy's technology experience spans a diverse set of organisations and industries. He most recently was the Chief Technology Officer of PriorAuthNow, a technology organisation that enables streamlining of healthcare access… Read More
Yolo County Library uses Gale’s Analytics On Demand to improve program outcomes and services - December 19, 2018
Yolo County Library is using Analytics On Demand from Gale, a Cengage company, to better understand the households in its communities and design customised library services and resources to fit their needs. Now, Yolo County librarians can make data-driven decisions to identify new outreach strategies that… Read More
Publishers Association launches new template for agreements between academic publishers and universities - December 19, 2018
The Publishers Association has launched a template for agreements between academic publishers and universities for the deposit of metadata relating to journal articles following input from members of the PA's Academic, Professional and Learning Publishers Council. The template is designed to provide those negotiating such agreements… Read More
Astronomy & Astrophysics and Max Planck Society sign transformative Open Access agreement - December 19, 2018
Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A), the international Journal that publishes papers on all aspects of astronomy and astrophysics and one of the leading journals in its field, has signed a two-year transformative Open Access agreement with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Under this agreement, funds previously… Read More