Boston Library Consortium chooses ebrary, YBP for patron driven acquisition e-book pilot - October 3, 2012
The Boston Library Consortium (BLC) has chosen ebrary, a proQuest business, and YBP Library Services, the academic division of Baker & Taylor, for a patron driven acquisition (PDA) e-book pilot. The aim is to make it easier and more affordable for its member libraries to acquire… Read More
Maney Publishing journals accepted into Thomson Reuters (ISI) Web of Knowledge - October 3, 2012
Academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced that three humanities journals have been accepted into Thomson Reuters (ISI) Web of Knowledge. The journals War & Society, Public Archaeology and Levant will be indexed and abstracted in the Arts and Humanities Citation Index and Current Contents/Arts… Read More
BRILL becomes 100th publisher to participate in the CLOCKSS Archive - October 3, 2012
The CLOCKSS Archive has announced that Netherlands-based academic publisher BRILL has become the 100th publisher to participate in the CLOCKSS Archive. BRILL will preserve their ejournals and ebooks in CLOCKSS's geographically and geopolitically distributed network of redundant archive nodes, located at 12 major research libraries… Read More
CDL, partners launch free data management tool, DataUp - October 3, 2012
The University of California's Digital Library (CDL) and its partners have launched DataUp, a free data management tool. Researchers trying to meet their data management requirements from funders, journals and their own institutions can now reportedly use the DataUp Web application and a Microsoft Excel add-in… Read More
Entries now open for 2012 PROSE Awards - October 3, 2012
The Association of American Publishers has announced that entries are now being accepted through October 31 for the 2012 PROSE Awards, the American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence. The PROSE Awards, one of the most prestigious programs honoring works in professional and scholarly… Read More
Accelrys appoints Leif Pedersen as Senior VP, Marketing, Product Management and Corporate Development - October 3, 2012
Accelrys, Inc., a US-based provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management software, has announced the appointment of Leif Pedersen as senior vice president of marketing, product management and corporate development. Pedersen joins Accelrys as the company expands its breadth of scientific innovation lifecycle software into multiple vertical… Read More
