Cambridge University Press announces digital rights license agreement with Bookshare - May 21, 2010
Cambridge University Press (CUP) has entered into a license agreement with Bookshare, a nonprofit organisation that provides books in accessible formats for people with qualified print disabilities such as blindness or low vision, a physical disability or a severe learning disability that affects reading. Under the… Read More
WebJunction-Florida to offer online learning, community sharing to state’s library staffs - May 21, 2010
WebJunction, an online learning community for librarians and library staff, has partnered with the State Library and Archives of Florida to launch the new WebJunction-Florida. Library staff in Florida will now be able to access courses at no individual cost through the WebJunction community, and use… Read More
British Library partners with brightsolid to digitise up to 40 million pages of historic newspapers - May 20, 2010
The British Library has announced a new partnership with online publisher brightsolid. The partnership between the British Library and brightsolid will enable the digitisation of a minimum of 4 million pages of newspapers over the first two years. Over the course of ten years, the agreement… Read More
OUP in deal with INFLIBNET to supply research journals to colleges in India - May 19, 2010
Oxford Journals, a division of Oxford University Press (OUP), has announced a new partnership to supply 206 journals to 6000 colleges in India. The deal was agreed with the Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre, an autonomous inter-university centre of University Grants Commission. INFLIBNET was set… Read More
Maney, DotLib announce expanded agreement for e-journal sales in US, Canada and Italy - May 19, 2010
Academic Publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has expanded its agreement with distributor and agent DotLib for sales of its electronic products in the US, Canada and Italy. Maney’s E-journal list features nearly one hundred titles and six subject specific MORE (Maney Online Research E-journal) collections. These include… Read More
Universities Australia Consortium selects Thomson Reuters’ Web of Science for education and research needs - May 18, 2010
The Universities Australia consortium has chosen to renew Web of Science from Thomson Reuters for its members' education and research needs through 2013. Web of Science, a comprehensive database of research citations, is widely used by researchers, administrators, faculty and students. Universities Australia represents Australia's 39… Read More
University of Ottawa becomes latest member of ARL - May 17, 2010
The University of Ottawa Library has joined the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) as its 125th member. The membership of the ARL voted to invite the University of Ottawa Library to join as its 125th member during its 2010 Spring Membership Meeting in Seattle, WA. University… Read More
Gale and De Gruyter announce distribution agreement - May 17, 2010
Educational publisher Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, has announced an agreement with academic publisher Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG. Under the deal, Gale will distribute De Gruyter periodicals through a number of its academic resources. Titles included are academic periodicals in the areas… Read More
Scientific Societies SBS and ALA merge to become the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening - May 17, 2010
The Society for Biomolecular Sciences (SBS) and the Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA) have announced that both scientific societies have merged to become the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS). Both memberships officially authorised the merger with more than 95 percent of the votes cast… Read More
Credo Reference adds University of Wales Press title - May 12, 2010
Online reference library Credo Reference has signed an agreement with the Welsh Academy to integrate the Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales into the Credo collection. Published by the University of Wales Press, this is the first University of Wales Press title to be made available on… Read More
