More than 90 international university presses now preserving e-books with Portico - January 28, 2013
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced that it is now preserving e-books from more than 90 university presses in 6 countries. This includes Cambridge University Press and university press e-books hosted by JSTOR (Books at JSTOR), Project Muse (UPCC Collections), and Oxford University… Read More
UBM Tech launches InformationWeek Education site for technology executives and administrators at colleges and universities - January 28, 2013
Business information provider UBM Tech, US, has announced the launch of InformationWeek Education, a new website and quarterly digital magazine for technology executives and administrators at colleges and universities. InformationWeek Education provides news, analysis and expert commentary on the technology issues reshaping higher education. The… Read More
Ex Libris launches self-registration service, expands support for OA - January 28, 2013
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has launched a self-registration service enabling institutions to easily add the contents of their institutional repository (IR) to the Primo Central Index of scholarly electronic materials and thus expand the breadth of IR content in the index. Institutional… Read More
Impelsys appoints Robert F. Kidd executive vice president of sales - January 28, 2013
Electronic content delivery solutions provider Impelsys, US, has named Robert F. Kidd executive vice president of sales. In his new position, Robert will be based in the company's New York headquarters and will report directly to Sameer Shariff, founder and CEO of the company. Robert… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - January 28, 2013
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (Finch Acknowledges Open Access Could Harm Learned Societies); Joe Wikert (Knowing when to outsource); Amy Brand (Faculty appointments and the record of scholarship); Joseph Esposito (A New Publishing Ecosystem Emerges); and Chris Chambers (Those who publish research behind… Read More
Elsevier launches new review journal – Global Food Security - January 25, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of a new review journal - Global Food Security. The launch of the journal is driven by a global concern that scientists and policy makers have great difficulty keeping up with the expanding volume of information about the… Read More
