(3 June 2014) A new report, Out of Cite, Out of Mind : The Current State of Practice, Policy, and Technology for the Citation of Data, authored by the CODATA/ICSTI Task Group on Data Citation Standards and Practices, has just been published and is openly and freely available online in CODATA Data Science Journal Read the…
(June 2014) Every other year, the ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee produces a document on top trends in academic libraries. This year, after numerous discussions and literature reviews, the committee decided upon a unifying theme for current trends: deeper collaboration. The focus is on the following large categories within higher education: data, device neutral…
(3 June 2014, Farmington Hills, Mich.) More than 400 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. eBooks are coming to Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL). GVRL is the eBook platform offered by Gale, a leading publisher of research and education resources for libraries, schools and businesses and part of Cengage Learning. The new titles include monographs covering…
(3 June 2014) The Museum of New Zealand has made over 30,000 images downloadable, for free, in the highest resolution. You can search for and download them at Collections Online. Read the illustrated announcement.
(2 June 2014, Washington DC) The American Astronomical Society (AAS) and IOP Publishing (IOP) have decided that all AAS research journals published with IOP will become electronic only and will no longer print paper editions. This transition will take effect with the 2015 subscription year and affects The Astronomical Journal (AJ) and The Astrophysical Journal…
(2 June 2014, Emeryville, CA) Innovative, a global leader in library technology, announced today that it has acquired VTLS, a library automation solutions provider to customers in 44 countries. The combined companies will be led by Innovative CEO Kim Massana. VTLS’s products include Virtua, VITAL, Chamo, MozGo and FasTrac. “This is great news for libraries…
(2 June 2014, Oakland, Calif./PRNewswire/) -iParadigms, creators of Turnitin, today announced the company has reached a definitive agreement to be acquired for US$752 million by Insight Venture Partners, a leading global private equity firm focused on high-growth investments in the technology sector, and GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund. iParadigms is a leading provider of cloud-based…
(29 May 2014) The English Language Teaching (ELT) division of Cambridge University Press has engaged Gutenberg Technology to provide students and adult learners around the world access to their award-winning products and services on a range of mobile devices and platforms. The Cambridge Bookshelf, designed and built by Gutenberg Technology, comes loaded with interactive tools…
(2 June 2014) The Library Association of Singapore is calling for contributions for the Libraries For Tomorrow Conference 2014 through submission of presentation proposals that will answer this year’s conference theme centering on People, Places and Possibilities. Further details here.
(30 May 2014, Stanford, CA) HighWire Press, a technology service provider to influential scholarly publishers and an auxiliary unit of Stanford University Libraries, announced today it has received a significant equity investment to support its strategic growth from Accel-KKR, a leading technology-focused private equity firm. The new partnership enables HighWire to further its strategic initiatives…
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