ProQuest unveils first regionalized version of Academic Complete - January 5, 2015
ProQuest ebooks company ebrary has created a brand new version of Academic Complete™ subscription collection designed specifically for UK and Irish students, faculty and researchers with over 4,000 unique, region specific titles. Recognising the importance of providing key content to this region, this new edition of… Read More
Oxford University Press and the American Society of Mammalogists announce publishing partnership - January 5, 2015
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced a new partnership with the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM). Under the deal, OUP will publish the Journal of Mammalogy and Mammalian Species, beginning January 2015. The Journal of Mammalogy has been the flagship publication of ASM… Read More
YBP Library Services selected as supplier for Ontario Colleges Library Service - January 5, 2015
YBP Library Services (YBP), the academic division of Baker & Taylor, has announced that the Ontario Colleges Library Service (OCLS), on behalf of the Ontario college libraries, has selected YBP as a supplier of bibliographic material including Canadian, US and UK imprints across a broad spectrum… Read More
Scribd to expand ebook subscription service, raises $22 million in financing - January 5, 2015
Subscription book service Scribd has closed a $22 million financing led by Khosla Ventures with reinvestment from existing backers including Redpoint Ventures, Charles River Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank. Seasoned entrepreneur Keith Rabois will join Scribd's board as a board observer. This brings Scribd's total funding… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - January 5, 2015
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Brian Hughes (Alternative access models in academic publishing); Dr. Sara Adaes (There’s Something Really Wrong With Science These Days); and Prof. Heather Morrison (2014 Dramatic Growth of Open Access: 30 indicators of growth beyond the ordinary). Blogspeak includes blog posts… Read More
Russia set to launch National Digital Library in 2015 - December 31, 2014
Russia recently unveiled new plans to launch a National Digital Library in 2015. According to the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky, the new initiative will transform local libraries into modern information and cultural hubs. Citizens' access to the service will be via the internet with a single electronic library ticket.… Read More
