ARL appoints Catherine Davidson as visiting program officer for scholarly communication initiatives - September 6, 2016
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has named Catherine Davidson as a visiting program officer (VPO) for scholarly communication initiatives from September 2016 through June 2017. Davidson, a 2009–2010 graduate of the ARL Leadership Fellows program, is the associate university librarian (AUL) for collections and research… Read More
Altmetric tracks data from Open Syllabus Project - September 6, 2016
Altmetric has announced that it has begun to track data from the Open Syllabus Project (OSP), which details where individual books are included in the syllabi of over 4,000 academic institutions around the world. For the first time, these unique data are combined with other altmetric… Read More
University of Alabama at Birmingham selects Ex Libris campusM as its mobile platform - September 6, 2016
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has selected the Ex Libris campusM Enterprise platform to provide UAB students, faculty, and staff with easy access to key systems, such as the university's Banner ERP solution, library services, and… Read More
Knowledge E implements plagiarism screening via Crossref Similarity Check - September 6, 2016
Information resources and software solutions provider Knowledge E has joined the Crossref Similarity Check initiative by which all submitted journal articles and conference papers are subjected to comparison with previously published articles in thousands of publications from all over the world. … Read More
Baker & Taylor and Coachella Valley Unified School District partner to provide digital content to students - September 6, 2016
Baker & Taylor, the premier worldwide distributor of digital and print books, has announced a partnership with Coachella Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) to utilise the company's digital education platform for simultaneous access to digital content for students. Coachella Valley Unified schools will be able… Read More
Ebooks on Wiley Online Library platform now available for purchase via OASIS - September 2, 2016
ProQuest has joined forces with Wiley to make ebooks on the Wiley Online Library platform available for purchase via OASIS®. The OASIS search, selection and acquisition system already provides access to the largest ebook selection in the market via the EBL™, ebrary®,… Read More
