Discovery service for the AUNILO Consortium
(19 April 2013) Serials Solutions has built the Summon web-scale discovery service for the AUNILO Consortium at this URL: http://aunilo.summon.serialssolutions.com / (Trial)
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TERI and IOS Press sign hosting agreement for three journals
(17 April 2013 Amsterdam) IOS Press and TERI Press have reached an agreement to make TERI Press journals available through IOS Press. Metapress, IOS Press’ online journal platform, now hosts three of the TERI Press journals. These journals are the International Journal of Regulation and Governance, the Journal of Resource, Energy and Development and World…
World Scientific Publishing signs eBook agreement with YBP Library Services
(Singapore – 17 April 2013) World Scientific Publishing (www.worldscientific.com), an international independent STM publisher, announced today that they have signed a new agreement with YBP Library Services (YBP), the academic division of Baker & Taylor. Customers will be able to access the publisher’s 2012-2013 Front List Full Collection of eBooks that will be available for…
Elsevier has a Japanese user interface for Scopus
(Amsterdam, 17 April 2013) Elsevier has launched a Japanese user interface to Scopus.The interface provides Japanese users with the ability to find their way through the product in their language. Japanese users are now able to find the research information they are looking for more efficiently – expanding beyond Scopus’ basic search functionalities to utilizing…
Why libraries are essential to Myanmar’s development plans
A team from Beyond Access visited Myanmar recently to gain an understanding of the potential for the country’s 5,000 libraries to contribute to development goals. A country brief is the result of that visit. Beyond Access examines key elements of Myanmar’s rapid development and highlights the essential role of public libraries in the development process.…
PhD studentship at UEA in South Asian decorative arts
(16 April 2013) The University of East Anglia, UK, and the Sainsbury Institute for Art (SIfA) are looking for a suitably qualified candidate for a full-time, fully-funded PhD studentship on an aspect of South Asian Decorative Arts, to commence 1 October 2013. Full details are available to download here: SIfA studentship. And applications can be…
Ingram announces market entry into India for VitalSource Bookshelf® E-Textbook platform
(London, UK (PRWEB) 15 April 2013) Vital Source Technologies, Inc., Ingram Content Group’s leading eTextbook solution, and B.i. Publications Pvt. Ltd., India’s largest distributor of scientific, technical and medical content to the academic and professional communities, have agreed to form a joint venture, Ingram-B.i. Pvt. Ltd., to launch Ingram’s comprehensive VitalSource Bookshelf® eTextbook platform to…
Waseda University first in Asia to acquire the Springer Book Archives
(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…
Research and discovery in Hong Kong’s university libraries
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. …
Developing public libraries in the Philippines
Blesila P. Velasco reports that on 19 March 2013 the Salon on National Development Plan for Public Libraries and Capacity-Building of Public Librarians (NDPPL) and Capacity-Building of Public Librarians was held by the Public Libraries Division (PLD). The National Development Plan for Public Libraries (NDPPL) is a multi-phase project to redefine the relationship of the…
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