OCLC forms strategic partnership with Sustainable Collection Services - January 23, 2012
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, has announced a strategic partnership with Sustainable Collection Services, LLC, an organisation founded by the principals of R2 Consulting, that leverages WorldCat Data to help libraries intelligently manage their print monograph collections. Sustainable Collection Services (SCS) makes use of the… Read More
Journal Fibrogenesis & Tissue Repair names Ian Dixon as cardiovascular section editor - January 23, 2012
Journal Fibrogenesis & Tissue Repair, published by open access publisher BioMed Central, has announced the appointment of Prof. Ian Dixon as a new Section Editor for Cardiovascular Diseases. Dixon will join the four current Section Editors in helping to promote the journal and will oversee some… Read More
Gale outlines first archives for Nineteenth Century Collections Online - January 23, 2012
US-based Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses, has announced the source libraries, collections and plans for the first four modules of Nineteenth Century Collections Online. The initiative is its global digitisation and publishing programme… Read More
ebrary unveils mobile app to access content from multiple sources - January 23, 2012
E-books and research technology provider ebrary, US, a ProQuest business, has released the 2011 Global Student E-book Survey, according to which the demand for e-book accessibility, especially on mobile devices, is growing significantly. Sixty percent of respondents indicated that downloading e-books onto… Read More
University Publishing Online adds six more academic presses to its portfolio - January 23, 2012
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press, UK, has announced the addition of six more academic presses to its University Publishing Online (UPO) platform. 2012 will see the addition of content from Anthem Press, Boydell & Brewer, Edinburgh University Press, Nottingham University Press, Pickering & Chatto and the… Read More
De Gruyter collaborates with ALA to publish and distribute the new standard RDA: Resource Description and Access - January 23, 2012
Academic publisher De Gruyter, Germany, has signed an agreement with the American Library Association (ALA). Under the deal, the publisher will be responsible for the publication and global distribution of the German-language version of the new set of cataloguing standards for print and digital media in… Read More
