Fort Hays State University goes live with Ex Libris’ Alma library management service - September 11, 2012
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that the library of Fort Hays State University (FHSU) has gone live with the Ex Libris Alma library management service. FHSU has run Ex Libris solutions for many years, including the Voyager integrated library system, Primo… Read More
Edinburgh University Press and Boydell & Brewer set to join University Publishing Online - September 11, 2012
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press, UK, has announced the addition of over 450 scholarly titles to University Publishing Online, from two of the UK's prestigious academic presses - Edinburgh University Press and Boydell & Brewer. Launched in October 2011, by Cambridge University Press, University Publishing… Read More
Serials Solutions’ Summon discovery service expands coverage of open access scholarly content - September 10, 2012
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has announced new agreements with three publishers of scholarly open access journal and book content. The publishers are: New Zealand based Libertas Academica; eScholarship@McGill, the McGill University open access collection; and the Directory of Open Access Books, provided by Open Access… Read More
US federal judge approves DoJ’s e-book settlement with three publishers - September 10, 2012
US Federal Judge Denise Cote has approved the Department of Justice (DoJ)'s controversial settlement with three major publishers - Hachette, HarperCollins, and Simon & Schuster - in a 45-page decision. The settlement requires the publishers to allow e-book retailers to sell their books at any price,… Read More
UK govt. invests £10 million to help universities move to open access - September 10, 2012
The UK government has announced a £10 million investment to help universities with the transition to open access to publicly-funded research findings. The investment is expected to enable a number of research-intensive UK institutions to kick-start the process of developing policies and setting up funds to meet the costs of… Read More
OCLC receives $4.1 million grant to support ongoing operations of WebJunction for five years - September 10, 2012
Library information provider OCLC, US, has received a $4.1 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support five years of ongoing operations of WebJunction, the learning place for libraries. Built with grant funding from the Gates Foundation and launched in 2003, OCLC's… Read More
