Credo announces compliance with NISO Open Discovery initiative - October 16, 2014
Credo, the industry leader for information skills solutions, has announced its conformance with, and endorsement of, the recommendations of the National Information Standards Organization's Open Discovery Initiative (ODI), making Credo the first reference content provider to do so. Credo's compliance demonstrates the company's advocacy for the… Read More
SAGE extends partnership with Load2Learn scheme delivered by RNIB and Dyslexia Action - October 15, 2014
Academic publisher SAGE has announced an extended partnership with the Load2Learn initiative delivered by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and Dyslexia Action to provide books in an accessible format for the visually impaired and print disabled. This partnership will enable all registered users… Read More
Thomson Reuters and CCC collaboration to advance OA publishing - October 14, 2014
The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced a collaboration with Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), a global licensing and content solutions organisation, to streamline the Open Access publishing workflow with an integrated solution for article processing charges (APCs) through… Read More
University of Rijeka in Croatia selects EBSCO Discovery Service - October 14, 2014
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that the University of Rijeka Library in Croatia has implemented EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS). Seamless implementation, a variety of customisation options and EBSCO's commitment to service led the library to choose EDS. The University of Rijeka was looking for… Read More
Baker & Taylor and James Bennett chosen as primary suppliers of library materials to Wellington City Libraries, New Zealand - October 14, 2014
Baker & Taylor, a worldwide distributor of digital and print books, along with its Australian wholly-owned subsidiary James Bennett, have been chosen as the primary suppliers of library materials to Wellington City Libraries, New Zealand. The agreement between Baker & Taylor/James Bennett and Wellington City… Read More
Ingram and Azymut partner to enhance content distribution in Poland - October 13, 2014
Ingram Content Group Inc. is expanding its print-on-demand (POD) and distribution reach to Poland through a Lightning Source Inc. Global Connect alliance with Azymut, a media publishing and distribution group in Poland. Ingram's Global Connect program grows the reach of physical content for publishers beyond… Read More
Plymouth University collaborates with Vital Source Technologies to launch largest e-textbook programme in the UK - October 10, 2014
Plymouth University has announced a collaboration with Vital Source Technologies, Inc., an Ingram Content Group company, to provide textbooks for their institution-wide digital initiative, which is the largest e-textbook programme ever undertaken in the UK. Plymouth University's e-textbook programme, launched this… Read More
National Library of the Netherlands in deal with OCLC to add four key collections of digitised resources from Dutch-speaking countries to WorldCat - October 10, 2014
The National Library of the Netherlands, Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB), has entered into an agreement with OCLC to add four important collections of digitised resources from Dutch-speaking countries to WorldCat for discovery of these valuable resources worldwide. The extensive and historically significant… Read More
Gale signs new publishers, increases STEM content in Virtual Reference Library - October 9, 2014
New content covering popular healthcare and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) topics is now available on Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL), the e-book platform offered by Gale, part of Cengage Learning. The signing of publishers Taylor & Francis, Mitchell Lane, HCPro… Read More
Infotrieve and National Research Council of Canada extend information delivery and library services partnership - October 9, 2014
Infotrieve, Inc., a leader in global-enterprise SaaS software and business services for scientific, technical and medical ("STM") published content access and management, has announced that it will extend its current partnership with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) to exclusively provide information delivery and library… Read More
