SPARC announces new appointments - January 19, 2012
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has announced the appointment of Dr. Alma Swan to the position of Director of European Advocacy, and Lars Bjørnshauge as SPARC's Director of European Library Relations. Alma Swan, who co-founded Key Perspectives Ltd., a scholarly communications consultancy… Read More
Stephen Bourne to step down as Chief Executive of Cambridge University Press in April - January 19, 2012
Cambridge University Press (CUP), the publishing division of the UK's University of Cambridge, has announced that Chief Executive Stephen Bourne will step down from his post at the end of April 2012. Bourne joined the Press in 1997, becoming Chief Executive in 2002. He has steered… Read More
Ex Libris expands Primo customer base in North America - January 19, 2012
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that in recent months, numerous academic and research libraries in North America have selected the Primo discovery and delivery solution, raising the number of Primo sites worldwide to over 900. Institutions that have recently selected… Read More
Access Knowledgespeak using your smartphones and mobile devices via Myscoope.com - January 19, 2012
Mobile access for Knowledgespeak is now available in a mobile browser version and a Java application version. Smartphones and Tablets – We publish a mobile browser version for smartphones and tablet PCs. This is accessible at www.myscoope.com, a site designed specifically for all types of… Read More
Elsevier and Tsinghua University Department of Computer Science and Technology collaborate to introduce new research productivity solutions - January 19, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has collaborated with Tsinghua University Department of Computer Science and Technology in Beijing to introduce four new research productivity enhancing applications for SciVerse Applications. The applications – GeneTUKit, Company Search, Patent Search and Topic Cloud – seek to help researchers identify the… Read More
Article Exchange feature now available within WorldCat Resource Sharing service - January 19, 2012
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, has announced that following a successful five-month trial, the Article Exchange feature is now available within the WorldCat Resource Sharing service and, where available, through an ILLiad add-on. This new feature is available at no charge to OCLC libraries that use… Read More
