Elsevier announces winners of the Apps for Library Idea Challenge - November 7, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, recently announced the winners of the Apps for Library Idea Challenge at the 2011 Charleston Conference in Charleston, SC. The international competition encouraged librarians and information professionals to conceptualise solutions to the challenges that they and their constituents face in addressing the… Read More
Routledge announces free access to Area Studies journals - November 7, 2011
Routledge, the social science and humanities imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, has announced its latest free access campaign, Access All Areas. Access All Areas offers free online access to Routledge's complete range of Area Studies journals for six weeks, available from the November 3… Read More
Alexander Street Press unveils new video package for academic and public libraries - November 7, 2011
Electronic publisher Alexander Street Press, US, has introduced VAST, a new streaming video package for academic and public libraries. VAST contains all the videos from 21 of Alexander Street's individual collections, all cross-searchable, making it a one-stop, multidisciplinary solution for libraries. With more than 10,000… Read More
IMLS awards grant to WebJunction for US digital inclusion project - November 7, 2011
The US' Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded a grant of $249,871 to OCLC's WebJunction for a project aimed at helping communities across the country get started on the path to digital inclusion. The project is projected to complement IMLS' efforts to help… Read More
Reference Tree and University of Liverpool partner to make textbooks available by chapter to University of Liverpool Students - November 7, 2011
eTextbook Aggregator Reference Tree, UK, has announced a partnership with the University of Liverpool Library to make textbooks available by chapter to University of Liverpool students. In the first arrangement of its kind, the University of Liverpool Library will promote Reference Tree to the University's… Read More
Access Knowledgespeak using your smartphones and mobile devices via Myscoope.com - November 7, 2011
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
