Cengage Learning named Learning Impact 2012 Gold Award Winner for MindLinks service - June 15, 2012
Cengage Learning, a US-based provider of teaching, learning and research solutions, has been named a Learning Impact 2012 Gold Award Winner from the IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS) for its MindLinks service. Cengage Learning MindLinks received the designation in the new and R&D initiatives category at… Read More
WebJunction receives IMLS grant to support libraries’ roles in national broadband adoption efforts - June 15, 2012
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has announced a $250,000 award to WebJunction to work with state libraries in Illinois, Mississippi, and West Virginia; federal policy makers; and the national nonprofit Connect2Compete to help national digital literacy efforts effectively work with libraries to plan… Read More
NFAIS webinar to discuss results of three-year study on the behaviour of the ‘Generation Y’ scholar - June 14, 2012
The US' National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) will host a 90-minute webinar on June 20, 2012, from 11:00am – 12:30pm EDST to hear the just-released results of a three-year study on the behaviour of the 'Generation Y' scholar (students born between 1982 -1994) currently… Read More
Elsevier announces new enhancement to SciVal Strata - June 14, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has added a new enhancement to SciVal Strata, a web-based performance evaluation tool that allows users to conduct highly customised performance assessments of research teams and individual researchers. The new functionality provides the capacity for objective assessment of a specific selection… Read More
Development partners to test first functionality of Serials Solutions’ new library management solution - June 14, 2012
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has announced that the first functionality of Intota, a new web-scale management solution, is available to its library development partners. Less than a year after announcing development of the service, the six development partners reflecting a broad spectrum of academic libraries,… Read More
Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II in Italy selects EBSCO Discovery Service - June 14, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II in Italy has selected EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) as its discovery tool. The library had been looking to increase the usage of electronic resources among researchers and students… Read More
