2010 EBSCO/MLA Annual Meeting grant winners announced - April 14, 2010
The Medical Library Association (MLA) has awarded grants sponsored by EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) to four librarians to assist with travel and conference-related expenses to attend the MLA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., May 21-26, 2010. The four $1000 awards are presented… Read More
ebrary launches Government Complete with DASH! - April 14, 2010
Digital content products and technologies provider ebrary, US, has announced the availability of the first e-book collection for government agencies, institutes, and centers. With more than 47,000 e-books and other titles from over 425 leading publishers including AMACOM, McGraw-Hill, MIT Press, Oxford University Press, Taylor &… Read More
Publishers Licensing Society CEO steps down to take new position at Elsevier - April 14, 2010
The Publishers Licensing Society (PLS) has announced that Alicia Wise will be leaving PLS after 5 years as CEO. Her part-time secondment to The Publishers Association as its Head of Digital Publishing will also come to an end at that time. PLS is co-owned by the… Read More
Dear Subscribers - April 14, 2010
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American libraries drawing more users but lesser funds, says ALA report - April 13, 2010
The American Library Association (ALA) has released the 2010 State of America’s Libraries report, which suggests that Americans have turned to their libraries in larger numbers in recent years. Since the recession took hold in December 2007, the local library, a traditional source of free access… Read More
Cambridge University Press in alliance to develop tools for digital content in education - April 13, 2010
Cambridge University Press (CUP), Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs and Abilene Christian University have announced a joint research project to develop tools to deliver educational content via mobile devices. The three organisations have been analysing what it means to read, write and publish in the learning space in… Read More
