Blackboard and Pearson announce collaboration to better support K-12 schools - February 18, 2014
Blackboard Inc. and Pearson, providers of technology and services to K-12 education, have announced a collaboration that will improve the integration and flow of data between their complementary K-12 solutions, in direct response to requests from educators. With this partnership, the… Read More
UNESCO publishes Guidelines to compare Institutional Repository Software - February 18, 2014
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has announced the publication of Guidelines to compare Institutional Repository Software as part of organisation's open access strategy. The publication compares the features of the major platforms and is intended to help libraries focus on which features… Read More
Google Science Fair and Scientific American launch third annual Scientific American Science in Action award - February 17, 2014
Internet search services provider Google and science magazine Scientific American have announced the launch of the third annual $50,000 Scientific American Science in Action award, powered by the Google Science Fair. The Scientific American Science in Action award honours a project that… Read More
RCN Publishing to preserve e-journal content with Portico - February 17, 2014
RCN Publishing, part of the Royal College of Nursing group, has signed an agreement with Portico to preserve its e-journal content. Through the agreement, institutions participating in Portico's E-Journal Preservation Service will be assured continued access to RCN Publishing title content for their nurses, students and… Read More
UKB consortium in the Netherlands and the National Library of the Netherlands sign new agreement to move library services to OCLC WorldShare - February 17, 2014
OCLC, the non-profit computer library service and research organisation, has announced that the UKB consortium of Dutch university libraries and the National Library of the Netherlands have signed a new agreement to move library services to OCLC WorldShare. This move by UKB means that its… Read More
Dr Alessandro Fiocchi named new Editor-in-Chief of World Allergy Organization Journal - February 17, 2014
The World Allergy Organization Journal has announced the appointment of Dr Alessandro Fiocchi, Director of Allergy at the Pediatric Hospital Bambino Gesù in Rome, Vatican City, as the new Editor-in-Chief of the journal. He succeeds Dr Lanny Rosenwasser. An expert in the field of food… Read More
