NEWS
News in Brief ACCUCOMS and Future Science Group extend sales cooperation ACCUCOMS’ sales representation for the Future Science Group (FSG) has been extended to include Scandinavia, Finland and the UK. ACCUCOMS has been providing dedicated sales representation for FSG in North America since August 2010.
Western Australian libraries pick Ingram The Western Australian Group of University Librarians Consortium (WAGUL) has chosen Ingram Content Group for its print and digital content solutions. WAGUL comprises the libraries of Western Australia’s four publicly-funded universities: Curtin University, Edith Cowan University, Murdoch University and the University of Western Australia.
Harvard e-books join De Gruyter platform Harvard University Press is now marketing its entire range of electronic products, including both new books and a back catalogue of more than 10,000 titles, through De Gruyter.
‘The international reach of De
Gruyter’s electronic marketing will enable us to share vital ideas with a widening audience of scholars, students, and general readers across the globe — our mission for nearly 100 years,’ explained William P. Sisler, director of the university press.
Semantico powers Brill reference works tools Semantico’s new SIPP2 software has been used to build a revised version of BrillOnline for reference works and bibliographies. Brill and Semantico say they have had a long-standing, successful professional relationship since the launch of Brill Reference Works Online in October 2005.
FABLibraries, the UK’s national public library catalogue has now been rolled out to all libraries that subscribe to UnityUK (the UK’s nationwide network for resource sharing), as part of a ‘limited release’.
The intent is to give UnityUK member libraries
a chance to offer feedback. When this stage is complete, Britain’s first freely-accessible national online library catalogue for public use is expected to launch. ‘We are getting very positive feedback from the participating libraries. When FABLibraries is officially
launched this year, web users will be able to view the holdings of 150 UK public libraries, equating to approximately nine million bibliographic records and 50 million holdings,’ explains Elisabeth Robinson, product manager of OCLC, which is working on the project.
Acquisition aims to simplify information processes
Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) has acquired Pubget, which offers search, retrieval and browse capabilities for content. Its solutions are said to make research more efficient
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by simplifying the process of finding, managing and analysing information.
‘Blending Pubget’s current and future offerings with CCC’s broad portfolio of licensing
products will provide clients with a complete professional information solution,’ commented Tracey Armstrong, CEO of CCC Copyright Clearance Center.
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Fellowship programme helps rare books scholars
Elsevier and the Scaliger Institute of Leiden University Libraries have established a three-year fellowship programme to enable international rare books scholars to study 16th-18th century scientific scholarship and publishing.
The programme will support two scholars to work with the extensive Leiden University Special Collections and the Elsevier Heritage Collection for a period of one to three months each year. They will be invited to share their research through public lectures and publications.
Elsevier recently launched the Elsevier Heritage Collection’s online catalogue, which comprises over 2,000 rare books with more than 1,000 distinct titles published by the original Elzevier publishing house from 1580 to
1712. The original company, which was closely tied to Leiden University, published work from contemporary scholars including Descartes, Huygens and Galileo. The modern publisher Elsevier, founded in 1880, was named
after the original firm. The Scaliger Institute will work closely with the Elsevier Heritage Collection team to provide training and expertise on preservation, exhibitions, display techniques, cataloguing, bindings and provenance study.
UK national public library catalogue nears completion
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