Baker & Taylor and James Bennett chosen as primary suppliers of library materials to Wellington City Libraries, New Zealand - October 14, 2014
Baker & Taylor, a worldwide distributor of digital and print books, along with its Australian wholly-owned subsidiary James Bennett, have been chosen as the primary suppliers of library materials to Wellington City Libraries, New Zealand. The agreement between Baker & Taylor/James Bennett and Wellington City… Read More
Nobel Laureates’ publications now open for free access in SPIE Digital Library - October 13, 2014
Research papers published by six 2014 Nobel Prize recipients whose accomplishments in physics and chemistry have been enabled by photonics are being made freely available in the SPIE Digital Library through the end of 2014. The innovations recognized for this year's Nobel prizes in Physics and… Read More
ProQuest enhances Intota Assessment collection analysis with new Title Linking functionality - October 13, 2014
Academic libraries building their collections with core titles from Resources for College Libraries (RCL) can now stretch their collection budget further, making smarter acquisition and deselection decisions. Using the enhanced Recommendations and Deselection reports in Intota™ Assessment, libraries can simply compare by subject area their collection… Read More
Dr. Gregory Dorn named president of Hearst Health - October 13, 2014
Hearst Corporation has announced that Dr. Gregory Dorn has been named president of Hearst Health, the healthcare division within Hearst Business Media. The appointment was announced by Steven R. Swartz, president and CEO of Hearst Corporation, and Richard P. Malloch, president, Hearst Business Media, and is… Read More
ARL membership elects ARL Board of Directors 2014–2015 - October 13, 2014
Deborah Jakubs, the Rita DiGiallonardo Holloway university librarian and vice provost for library affairs at Duke University, began a one-year term as president of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) on October 8, 2014, during the ARL Membership Meeting in Washington, DC. Jakubs succeeds Carol Pitts… Read More
New AERA open access journal now accepting article submissions - October 13, 2014
AERA Open, a new scholarly journal from the American Educational Research Association (AERA), is now accepting article submissions. The publication is among the first open access journals to be launched by a scholarly social science society. The journal is edited by an inaugural team of… Read More
