iGroup Australia, a leading distributor of eBooks, eJournals and digital databases is hiring a Sales Executive to be based in Sydney. The job description is here: iGroup Australasia – Sales Executive Position
(20 August 2014) The Wellcome Trust reports that the need to make data more readily discoverable to users is widely recognised as one of the fundamental barriers to more effective data sharing. Enhancing the discoverability of public health and epidemiology research data is a key to ensuring that it gets more widely used. This was…
(20 August 2014, Alexandria, VA) – Three hundred celebrated films from the Criterion Collection are now available in a high-definition streaming collection from Alexander Street Press. The Criterion Collection is an online database that includes 300 of the most influential films of the 20th century from one of cinema’s most respected distributors. This optimized online…
(19 August 2014, New York | Heidelberg) As the longevity of the world’s population continues to increase, the challenges become more complex and touch nearly every aspect of society. Springer has launched a new book series, Healthy Ageing and Longevity, to address issues related to this achievement. The series highlights challenges and solutions to maintaining…
(20 August 2014) ACCESS recently reported on the record breaking Nieuwe Bibliotheek (New Library) in The Netherlands. The story by Cat Johnson was originally carried in Shareable. The New Library has since attracted a lot of attention. Wim Ruigrok provides background to the library’s success which saw 100,000 visitors in its first two months and in…
(18 August 2014) The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the British Library are launching a two-year research project which will explore the future of the academic books in the context of open access publishing and continuing digital change. It is expected that this project will have a significant impact on a wide range…
(18 August 2014, Philadephia, PA) – The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters, the world leader in intelligent information for businesses and professionals, released a comprehensive disease profile on ebola virus disease that includes a detailed analysis of two new treatments in the pipeline and two experimental candidates approaching development. The Thomson Reuters…
(19 August 2014, Dublin, Ohio) OCLC, along with the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), has named five librarians from Pakistan, Philippines, Serbia, Swaziland and Zimbabwe selected to participate in the Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program for 2015. The program supports library and information science professionals from countries with developing…
(18 August 2014) Nature has released the results of a survey of over 3,500 researchers on their use of social networks for collaboration. The results are broken down by research area, and explore the frequency and depth of use by researchers. The full, open access article is available online. The announcement is here.
(18 August 2014) Students have rated Oxford’s libraries as some of the best in the UK for the second year running. The results of the 2014 National Student Survey (NSS) show that 98% of students at the University of Oxford felt the libraries met their needs. Oxford’s libraries have consistently been at or near the top…
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