Wolters Kluwer Health calls upon healthcare organisations to view ICD-10 delay as opportunity to refine transition plans and maximise outcomes - April 17, 2014
Information and point-of-care solutions provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has called upon healthcare organisations to view deferment of the ICD-10 implementation as an opportunity to refine plans to further minimise post-transition impacts and maximise quality and financial outcomes. In particular, the delay provides more time for… Read More
Alexander Street Press signs agreement with Jisc to provide unlimited video resource access - April 17, 2014
Electronic publisher Alexander Street Press has forged an agreement with Jisc to provide access to video resources for colleges and universities in the UK using the publisher's popular evidence-based acquisition (EBA) model. The EBA agreement gives colleges and universities in the… Read More
Thomson IP Manager conforms to internationally recognized security standards - April 10, 2014
The Intellectual Property (IP) & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced that its Thomson IP Manager Cloud and Jumpstart Editions are hosted at its secure data hosting facility in the European Union (EU). The three Editions of Thomson IP Manager, including the locally installed Enterprise… Read More
ORCID and CASRAI announce new standards project on ‘Peer Review Services’ - April 9, 2014
In addition to integrating ORCID identifiers into manuscript submission and grant application workflows, publishers and funders have been adding the identifiers into reviewer workflows. From this, a question arose as to how to acknowledge review activities in ORCID. To address this need, ORCID has asked CASRAI… Read More
ACRL releases second part of draft Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education - April 7, 2014
ACRL’s Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education Task Force has released the second part of their initial draft of the association’s Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. The Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education, adopted by ACRL in 2000, has become an… Read More
ACCUCOMS announces new agreement to represent Artstor in Latin America - March 27, 2014
ACCUCOMS, a Netherlands-based provider of sales and marketing services to scholarly and society publishers, has announced a new agreement to represent Artstor in Latin America. Starting January 2014, ACCUCOMS will support Artstor's objective to provide high-quality digital images in arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences for… Read More
NISO seeks comments on draft recommended practice Demand-Driven Acquisition of Monographs - March 25, 2014
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) is seeking comments on the draft recommended practice Demand-Driven Acquisition of Monographs (NISO RP‑20‑201x). Launched in June 2012, the NISO Demand Driven Acquisition (DDA) Working Group was charged with developing a flexible model for DDA (also referred to as patron-driven… Read More
ARL calls for applications for the Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce program - March 19, 2014
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is currently accepting applications for the Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce (IRDW), a program designed to recruit master of library and information science (MLIS) students from traditionally underrepresented ethnic and racial minority groups into careers in research libraries and… Read More
Cornell University Libraries face increasing journal costs - March 17, 2014
Cornell University Library's budget is being 'stretched thin' due to the "dramatically increasing" prices of scientific journals, according to Prof. Nerissa Russell, anthropology, chair of the University Faculty Library Board. According to Russell, there's been tremendous consolidation in the publishers, and things that used to… Read More
Springer campaign to honour women in science - March 10, 2014
STM publisher Springer has launched a campaign in conjunction with International Women's Day, celebrated on March 8, to honour women in science, and encourage young women to join the scientific community as researchers. 'Inspiring Change' is this year's United Nation's theme for International Women's Day,… Read More
