Germany’s Bavarian State Library selects Ex Libris Alma platform to modernize library services - September 1, 2021
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, has announced that Germany’s largest universal and research library, the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (Bavarian State Library, or BSB), is making the transition to the cloud-based Ex Libris Alma® library services platform after almost 20 years of providing library services through an increasingly complex… Read More
Elsevier appoints Josh Schoeller as President, Clinical Solutions - August 31, 2021
Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, has announced the appointment of Josh Schoeller as President of its Clinical Solutions business unit, which serves healthcare professionals around the world by providing evidence-based content, health analytics and digital solutions to help improve patient outcomes. … Read More
Science partner journal, Plant Phenomics, accepted in Science Citation Index Expanded - August 31, 2021
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has announced that Plant Phenomics, the second journal launched as part of the Science Partner Journal (SPJ) program, has been accepted for inclusion in Web of Science: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE). The journal is expected to receive… Read More
NERL and CRL in deal to support D2O from the MIT Press - August 31, 2021
The MIT Press, the NorthEast Research Libraries (NERL), and the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) have announced that NERL will handle the central licensing and invoicing for MIT Press’ Direct to Open (D2O) for NERL and CRL member… Read More
Prof. Kyoung Mu Lee appointed as the Editor-in-Chief of the top AI Journal, IEEE TPAMI - August 31, 2021
SNU College of Engineering (Dean Kookheon Char) has announced that Professor Kyoung Mu Lee of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the director of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in AI (Artificial Intelligence) has been appointed as the EIC (Editor-in-Chief) of the IEEE transactions on Pattern… Read More
New Zealand University becomes first in Oceania to move to the FOLIO Open Source Platform - August 31, 2021
Massey University Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa (Massey) in New Zealand is adopting the FOLIO Library Services Platform (LSP) with hosting and service support from EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) through EBSCO FOLIO. In selecting FOLIO, the university staff highlighted the factors… Read More