STM and business publisher, Inderscience, has published the first issues of 5 new titles:
International Journal of Computational Biology and Drug Design
International Journal of Engineering Systems Modelling and Simulation
International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health
International Journal of Management and Network Economics
The Botulinum Journal
Monday, June 30, 2008
Guide to obtaining textbooks in alternative formats
The guide is for anyone who needs to source text books in an alternative format for a reading impaired learner
LISTen: The LISNews.org Podcast - Episode #27
LISTen: The LISNews.org Podcast - Episode #27 : "This week's episode includes an interview with author Scott Douglas as well as a commentary and a new installment of Tech for Techies". Previous Podcasts can be found here
PolicyArchive
"PolicyArchive is an innovative, new digital archive of global, non-partisan public policy research. It makes use of the power, efficiency, and economy of modern Internet technology to collect and disseminate summaries and full texts, videos, reports, briefs, and multimedia material of think tank, university, government, and foundation-funded policy research. It offers a subject index, an internal search engine, useful abstracts, email notifications of newly added research, and will soon expand to offer information on researchers and funders, and even user-generated publication reviews. Over time, it will grow to include policy content from international and corporate organizations"
Podcast: Licensing across borders - a round table discussion
"A partnership of four national ICT bodies - from Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK - recently announced the successful publishers under its multinational licensing initiative which is seeing online resources made available across national borders. In this roundtable discussion, representatives of the Knowledge Exchange organisations speak about the initiative and about how this work fits in with their wider mission to create a layer of scholarly content for education and research sectors"
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Bookhabit Unpublished Competition winner
Bookhabit.com has announced that the winner of the inaugural Bookhabit Unpublished Competition, worth US$5000, is Matt Fullerty's The Pride and the Sorrow
Emerald Bookstore
"Emerald Group Publishing Limited has launched Emerald Bookstore, which allows visitors to browse through over 2,000 books by subject area and to order securely online"
8th Annual MidSouth E-Resource Symposium
Registration is now open for "Play Your Cards Right!," the 8th Annual MidSouth E-Resource Symposium held at Mississippi State University's Mitchell Memorial Library. Co-sponsored by NASIG, EBSCO Information Services, Mississippi State University Libraries, and Serials Solutions, this one-day event provides librarians and staff throughout the southeast with a unique opportunity to enhance their knowledge of how to effectively manage and provide access to e-resources. This year's symposium will be held on August 8 and will feature four presentations given by leaders in the field of e-resources and libraries
NAG Annual Conference 2008
NAG Annual Conference 2008: Raising Standards: Acquisitions and Collections Management in 2008 - 9-10 September 2008 - Norwich, UK
IFLA Information Literacy Section newsletter - June 2008
The June 2008 issue of the IFLA Information Literacy Section newsletter is now available online
Web 2.0 and Social Networking for Museums, Libraries and Archives
Web 2.0 and Social Networking for Museums, Libraries and Archives - MLA London/UKOLN Workshop - 14 July 2008 - London, UK
9th International Bielefeld Conference 2009
9th International Bielefeld Conference 2009: Upgrading the eLibrary: Enhanced Information Services Driven by Technology and Economics - 3-5 February 2006 - Bielefeld, Germany
Focus on Mimas - June 2008
The June 2008 edition of Focus on Mimas is now available. Mimas is a national data centre, supported by JISC and ESRC, and based at The University of Manchester, England
Information Research 13/2 June 2008
Information Research - Volume 13 No 2 - June 2008 is now available from Publisher/Editor in Chief, Professor Tom Wilson
EBSCO Publishing and American Theological Library Association announce digital archives
"EBSCO has partnered with American Theological Library Association to provide new collections of historical monographs and serials in digital format. ATLA Historical Monographs Collection: 19th Century, ATLA Historical Monographs Collection: Early 20th Century and ATLA Historical Serials Collection will consist of digital versions of rare and historical primary sources"
Ingram Digital to enable Princeton University Press' digital strategy
Ingram Digital has announced that it has been selected by Princeton University Press to enable the publisher's digital strategy. It will provide a comprehensive roster of services to Princeton University Press ranging from file digitization and format conversion to digital asset management, distribution, and e-book fulfillment
NetLibrary announces distribution agreements with 19 publishers from around the world
"NetLibrary has announced agreements with 19 publishers that will add thousands of new eBooks and eAudiobooks to NetLibrary's growing catalog of more than 170,000 titles"
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Five Dials from Hamish Hamilton
"Hamish Hamilton is a London publisher specialising in contemporary writing from both sides of the Atlantic. You can learn what's new, meet our authors, browse our titles, and download our new magazine, Five Dials"
LinkUK data successfully migrated to UnityUK creating a single national union catalogue
OCLC has announced that the data and holdings of the LinkUK union catalogue have been successfully migrated into the UnityUK union catalogue. This full integration sees the realisation of a UK national union catalogue that provides 170 public libraries access to over 9,300,000 titles and 50,500,000 holdings
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