SEALS Consortium in South Africa selects EBSCO Discovery Service via Innovative’s Encore Duet - September 9, 2014
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that member libraries in the SEALS Consortium, located in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, have selected EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) via Innovative's Encore Duet. The SEALS Consortium includes Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, University of Fort Hare, Walter Sisulu University and… Read More
Cambridge University Press to publish Antiquity journal from 2015 - September 9, 2014
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press has announced that it is partnering with Antiquity Publications Ltd to publish the journal Antiquity from 2015. Antiquity is a peer-reviewed journal of world archaeology which has been at the forefront of archaeological discussions and debates since it was founded… Read More
PA and IPG to launch revised charter, website and network for Equality in Publishing scheme - September 8, 2014
The Publishers Association (PA) and the Independent Publishers Guild (IPG) will launch a revised charter, website and network for the Equality in Publishing (Equip) scheme next week, with the aim of attracting the best people possible into the industry. According to The PA, EQUIP, originally established… Read More
Elsevier set to publish ESCMID’s flagship journals - September 8, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has announced an agreement with the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) to publish its flagship journals, Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI) and New Microbes & New Infections (NMNI), beginning January 1, 2015. Established in 1995, CMI is widely… Read More
SAGE journals report strong performance in 2013 Citation Reports - September 8, 2014
Academic and professional publisher SAGE has reported strong performance across its journals portfolio in the 2013 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) (Thomson Reuters, 2014). SAGE continues to experience consistent growth in its coverage in the reports, with 470 JCR-indexed journals. This illustrates a 55 percent increase… Read More
OCLC awarded IMLS grant to help libraries continue to support community health initiatives - September 8, 2014
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded OCLC a grant to continue work helping libraries support health information initiatives in their communities. In July 2013, OCLC received an IMLS grant to increase libraries' ability to respond to customer… Read More
