Wiley ChemPlanner awarded Best of Show at BIO-IT World Conference & Expo - June 23, 2016
Wiley ChemPlanner was awarded 'Best of Show' for the Research & Clinical Data Management category at the BIO-IT World Conference & Expo 2016. Judged by leading industry experts and BIO-IT World editors, the award distinguishes Wiley ChemPlanner as an exceptional innovation in technologies used by life science professionals at present.… Read More
National Diversity in Libraries Conference 2016 travel award recipients selected - June 21, 2016
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is awarding 26 scholarships for individuals to attend the 2016 National Diversity in Libraries Conference (NDLC '16), August 10–13, in Los Angeles, California. Each scholarship awardee will receive $1,000 for travel to and participation in the conference. These awards are… Read More
Society for Scholarly Publishing recognizes five members for outstanding contributions at 2016 Annual Meeting - June 9, 2016
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) recognised the efforts of five deserving individuals at its recent Annual Meeting held in Vancouver, BC, June 1-3. Howard Ratner, Chair of the Nominating Committee and 2015-2016 SSP Past President, presented Wendy Newsham, Director of Business Development, Highwire, and… Read More
The Elsevier Foundation launches 2017 Elsevier Foundation Green and Sustainable Chemistry Challenge - June 2, 2016
The Elsevier Foundation has announced the launch of the 2017 Elsevier Foundation Green and Sustainable Chemistry Challenge. In accordance with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Challenge aims to stimulate chemists to design innovative and sustainably sound products, processes and business models which will help to… Read More
Wolters Kluwer honoured with 24 awards from the American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors for editorial and design excellence - May 20, 2016
Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of information and point-of-care solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced that its Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) journal portfolio has won 24 awards across 18 categories, including Publication of the Year, in the American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors (ASHPE)… Read More
SAGE Publishing’s premier broad-spectrum HSS OA journal celebrates strong growth on its fifth anniversary - May 20, 2016
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing is delighted to report that its pioneering broad-spectrum open access journal SAGE Open is marking its fifth anniversary with more than 1,350 published articles that together have been viewed or downloaded more than 3.5 million times. Spanning the humanities and social and… Read More
HARRASSOWITZ now accepting applications for the 2016 Charleston Conference Scholarship - May 19, 2016
International booksellers and subscription agents HARRASSOWITZ is once again offering a $1,000 scholarship to attend the Annual Charleston Conference that takes place November 2-5, 2016, in Charleston, SC. The scholarship is to be awarded to a librarian or paraprofessional who is currently working in a library… Read More
Ex Libris achieves ISO 27018 certification for cloud privacy - May 12, 2016
Ex Libris® Group, a ProQuest company, has announced that the company has achieved certification for ISO/IEC 27018:2014, an international standard recently published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that provides a code of practice for the protection of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) in cloud computing… Read More
Digital Preservation Coalition launches 2016 Digital Preservation Awards - May 12, 2016
The Digital Preservation Coalition's quest to find and celebrate the very best work in digital preservation across all sectors has begun again this year with the launch of the 2016 Digital Preservation Awards. The prestigious Digital Preservation Awards is the most prominent celebration of achievement for… Read More
SirsiDynix announces one-millionth digital content download - May 10, 2016
Library automation solutions provider SirsiDynix has announced the one-millionth digital content download through eResource Central (eRC). eRC is an electronic resource management and discovery system that simplifies access to library resources by uniting physical and digital content into a single discovery interface. Digital content is made… Read More
