(9 October 2014) The folks at Google Scholar on its 10th anniversary are looking at how scholarship and citation patterns have changed as publications and archives moved online and comprehensive relevance-ranked search became available to everyone. As the next article in the 10th anniversary series, Google has published a study examining the evolution of the…
(12 October 2014) Jurn.org notes that that Paperity has ripped all the Springer.com open access articles from hybrid journals, into a TOCs directory and article pages, along with a basic search tool. The list of linked journals is here. (9 October 2014) With the beginning of the new academic year, Paperity, the first multidisciplinary aggregator…
(8 October 2014, New York) Springer’s signature materials database – SpringerMaterials – has gotten a total overhaul to make the new site more nimble and user friendly. And the changes are far more than cosmetic as the entire site has been migrated to the same technology as the publisher’s flagship platform, SpringerLink. By leveraging the same…
(8 October 2014) Galen Charlton in his Meta Interchange blog has written that “It came to light on Monday that the latest version of Adobe Digital Editions is sending metadata on eBooks that are read through the application to an Adobe server — in clear text.” He says that “by sending the information in the…
(9 October 2014) The illustrated literary benches which popped up all over London during the summer, have been auctioned to raise money for the National Literacy Trust. Featuring famous favourites including Peter Pan, Dr. Seuss and 007, the highest price of GBP9,500 went for the Jeeves and Bertie Wooster bench. The total sale raked in…
(9 October 2014) Following the recent announcement that Swets Subscription Agents requested the court declare a suspension of payments and appoint an administrator, Swets Information Services B.V. bankruptcy has been announced. Please see the message on Swets website: http://www.swets.com/news/swets-information-services-bv-declared-bankrupt. In light of this, it is essential that you send subscription renewals and payments for SAGE…
(8 October 2014) OverDrive, a leading platform for eBooks, audiobooks and streaming video to libraries and schools, announced today that more than 200 publishers have joined the company’s network in 2014, 64 of which represent partners outside of North America. Now offering content in 40 languages in more than 50 countries, OverDrive continues to grow…
(9 October 2014) The NYU Library in Shanghai invites applications for a STEM Reference and Research Services Librarian in an innovative and forward-looking setting. As part of a collaborative team, the position plays a key role in the educational mission of NYU Shanghai by establishing strong relationships with faculty and students, and connecting them to…
(8 October 2014) Open access (OA) repositories are key components of the research infrastructure. They provide open access to the products of research and reflect an emerging commitment by research institutions towards the stewardship of the research outputs. Repositories are also becoming an important source of administrative information for governments, funding agencies and for tracking…
(8 October 2014, Farmington Hills, Mich) New content covering popular healthcare and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) topics is now available on Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL), the eBook platform offered by Gale, part of Cengage Learning. The signing of publishers Taylor & Francis, Mitchell Lane, HCPro and World Scientific combined will add approximately…
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