Company offers archival copies to institutions from their digitization projects (Ann Arbor, Mich., 11 April 2013) ProQuest is helping universities build robust institutional repositories (IRs) by sharing digital copies of their graduate works which have been converted from paper or microfilm and archived in the ProQuest Dissertations and Thesis database (PQDT). The move enables universities to…
Unrestricted backlist access – De Gruyter presents its new open access model for e-dition titles (Berlin, 15 April 2013) With De Gruyter’s new open access model, some 45,000 e-dition titles from the publishing house’s backlist can be made freely accessible. For EUR1,500 or USD2,100 customers can purchase an eBook in the same standard as a…
(12 April 2013) As part of the association’s commitment to scholarly publishing and open access, the full archive of ACRL’s official scholarly research journal College & Research Libraries (C&RL) is now freely available online. The online C&RL archive now contains the complete contents of the journal from its beginnings in 1939 through the current issue.…
(Washington, DC, 11 April 2013) For calendar year 2012, US Trade publishers’ net revenue grew by 6.2 percent as compared to calendar year 2011, according to the Association of American Publishers “StatShot” monthly report for December 2012, released today. The report also showed increases year over year for net revenue in the Trade categories of…
Survey developed by librarians and sponsored by Credo finds students lack basic skills critical to lifelong success (8 April 2013, Boston, Oxford) Credo today announced that the results of an information literacy survey of over 1,500 students from more than 400 institutions worldwide are now freely available. Anyone may register for a free copy, along…
(New York / Heidelberg / Tokyo, 11 April 2013) Today, Springer announced that the Waseda University Library, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan, acquired the English-language Springer Book Archives (SBA). Members of the university community now have online access to Springer content dating back to 1842 via SpringerLink (link.springer.com), Springer’s online platform. This is the first such purchase, not only…
For a snapshot of the research and discovery happening in Hong Kong’s university libraries, visit the JULAC website. Recently published are the presentations of the JULAC Libraries Forum 2012 which took place 23 February 2012. They cover information literacy, library architecture, digitization, discovery tools, the learning commons, RFID, Google Analytics and what statistics tell us. …
(9 April 2013) The “MOOCs and Libraries: Massive Opportunity or Overwhelming Challenge?” event took place 18-19 March at the University of Pennsylvania and was broadcast live online. Hosted by OCLC Research and University of Pennsylvania Libraries, the event featured thoughtful and provocative presentations about how libraries are already getting involved with MOOCs, and engaged attendees…
(Farmington Hills, Mich., 8 April 2013) Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a leading publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses, today announced an agreement with the Associated Press (AP) to digitize their corporate archives, including millions of pages of news copy (some never-before published), bureau records, correspondence, the personal papers…
(Los Angeles, Calif. and Sunnyvale, Calif., 8 April 2013) – Reprints Desk Inc. and DeepDyve Inc., the leading online rental service for scholarly and professional research articles, announced today an agreement to expand access to full text articles for registered DeepDyve.com users by supplementing DeepDyve’s existing article rental and PDF purchasing service with an expanded…
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