APA and the APA Insurance Trust announce new business relationship - July 9, 2013
The American Psychological Association (APA) and the American Psychological Association Insurance Trust (The Trust) have announced that they have agreed to restructure their long-standing relationship, and, together with the American Psychological Association Practice Organization (APAPO), enter into a new business arrangement. This new relationship will… Read More
NLM collaboration with The Universities at Shady Grove expands to include virtual internships - July 8, 2013
The Universities at Shady Grove (USG), in partnership with the National Library of Medicine (NLM), will offer five virtual internships to students from the University of Maryland, College Park, College of Information Studies (iSchool), beginning Fall 2013. USG is a campus community of nine leading Maryland… Read More
Cengage Learning in deal with lenders to restructure balance sheet and strengthen financial position - July 5, 2013
Educational content, software and services company Cengage Learning, Inc., US, has announced an agreement with certain of its lenders to restructure its balance sheet and significantly reduce its about $5.8 billion of outstanding debt to better position the Company for long-term growth and profitability. In… Read More
177 universities in Turkey gain access to Scopus and ScienceDirect for next 3 years - July 2, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced an agreement with the Turkish Academic Network and Information Center (ULAKBIM) to provide 177 academic and research institutions in Turkey with access to Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. In addition, access to ScienceDirect, Elsevier's full-text… Read More
IMLS and CMS to partner with libraries to meet public demand for information on Health Insurance Marketplace - July 2, 2013
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), together with representatives from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), met with library representatives to hear more about what librarians can do to get ready to respond to patron requests for assistance in navigating new health… Read More
EBSCO and Innovative Interfaces announce expanded strategic partnership - July 1, 2013
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO), US, and Innovative Interfaces, Inc. (Innovative) have expanded their strategic partnership designed to improve access to library resources. The expanded partnership will incorporate catalogue functionality within the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) experience including real-time circulation status checking, enabling end… Read More
ORCID using Ringgold as Registration Agency for ISNI Institutional Identifiers - June 28, 2013
ORCID, a non-profit organisation that provides an open registry of unique identifiers for researchers, has entered into an agreement with Ringgold to provide its database of institutional entities and associated unique institutional identifiers, in the form of Ringgold IDs and the forthcoming ISNI numbers. These unique… Read More
Jisc and Wikimedia UK collaborate to bridge the gap between academia and Wikipedia - June 28, 2013
Jisc and Wikimedia UK are collaborating on a project to bring the academic world and Wikipedia closer together. This will create opportunities for researchers, educators, and the general public to contribute to the world's freely available knowledge. Jisc, the UK education charity championing the use… Read More
NoveList and 3M expand readers’ advisory to include check-out experience - June 27, 2013
Readers will encounter NoveList's high-quality recommendations when they check out using a 3M SelfCheck station. By expanding the reach of readers' advisory services to include the self-check out experience, NoveList and 3M have created an innovative user experience that has never before been available to readers.… Read More
Ex Libris in deal with publishers and aggregators to add content to Primo Central Index - June 27, 2013
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, recently signed agreements with numerous content providers to include new collections in the Primo Central Index. Offered as a cloud-based service to institutions around the globe, the Primo Central Index gives users access to hundreds of millions of… Read More
