Coursera in partnership with SAGE to supplement online courses with free digital content - May 9, 2013
Academic publisher SAGE has announced a partnership with Coursera, a provider of massive open online courses (MOOCs), to expand the availability of high-quality educational resources to more than three million Coursera students. The partnership will grant Coursera instructors the option to supplement their video lectures with… Read More
BioMed Central launches journal ‘Acta Neuropathologica Communications’ for quick OA publication - May 9, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the launch of the journal Acta Neuropathologica Communications (ANC). ANC will publish work on pathology and mechanisms of neurological disease using structural, molecular and cellular techniques. The sister of Acta Neuropathologica, a journal published by Springer with… Read More
De Gruyter selects CLOCKSS for long-term digital archiving of databases and e-books - May 9, 2013
Academic publisher De Gruyter, Germany, has announced that it is now archiving its 36 databases and 55 eBookPLUS at the CLOCKSS Archive. CLOCKSS is a US-based non-profit whose mission is to provide for the long-term digital archiving of academic publications. Partnership with CLOCKSS ensures that… Read More
ProQuest Senior VP Simon Beale appointed to SIIA board - May 9, 2013
Simon Beale, ProQuest Senior Vice President and General Manager of the company's North American Government, Public Library and Schools unit, has been named to the Board of Directors of the Software Information Industry Association (SIIA). The SIIA is the principal trade association for the software and… Read More
CCC awards travel stipend for academic librarians to attend ACRL event - May 9, 2013
Licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), US, has announced the winners of its Conference Scholarship Programme for Academic Librarians. The winners include Bridgett Birmingham of Florida State University, Katie Hutchinson of Walsh University, Jennifer L. Kegler of SUNY Brockport, and Bing Wang of Georgia… Read More
WorldCat database reaches 2 billion holdings landmark - May 9, 2013
WorldCat, an online database of resources available through libraries around the world, has announced that it has reached another major milestone with the addition of its 2 billionth holding. On May 4, at 2:58 a.m. MDT, the holding symbol for the University of Alberta Libraries,… Read More
