Jisc and Ex Libris announce collaboration to support UK academic libraries - November 11, 2013
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has entered into a collaborative agreement with Jisc to help academic libraries manage their e‑resources. The collaboration will improve library efficiency by continually updating data from Jisc's Knowledge Base+ (KB+) to the KnowledgeBase of the… Read More
Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems set to launch in mid-2014 - November 11, 2013
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has announced the mid-2014 launch of the Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems (JATIS). The journal will cover fundamental research and applications focused on the full range of astronomical instrumentation. The new journal responds to the… Read More
HathiTrust releases new bibliographic metadata management system – Zephir - November 11, 2013
HathiTrust has announced the release of a new, state-of-the-art bibliographic management system for its 11-million volume digital repository. The new system, called Zephir, is developed and managed by the California Digital Library, and represents the first distributed development of a major repository component outside the University… Read More
ARL invites libraries to join global assessment community of LibQUAL+ by registering for the 2014 LibQUAL+ survey - November 11, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) invites libraries to join the global assessment community of LibQUAL+ by registering for the 2014 LibQUAL+ survey, which will feature several enhancements. When the LibQUAL+ survey year opens in January, the team will introduce a mobile version of the… Read More
Accelrys announces latest release of its unified biology assay and study management software suite - November 11, 2013
Accelrys, Inc., a provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management solutions, has announced the latest release of its unified biology assay and study management software suite consisting of Accelrys BioRails DM 4.5, Accelrys BioRails PTO 4.5 and Accelrys Morphit 3.0. The Accelrys BioRails assay data management and… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - November 11, 2013
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: David Wojick (Open Access on the Sea of Confusion); Mark Lorch (Accusations of fraud spur a revolution in scientific publishing); Mark Bell and Nicholas Miller (A replicated study on nuclear proliferation shows the critical necessity of reviewing accepted scientific results);… Read More
