 Elsevier launches Knovel Quick Search for AutoCAD |
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STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of Knovel Quick Search for AutoCAD. Available to customers at no cost, the feature rich, easy-to-use search plugin connects Knovel’s essential insights with one of the most widely used CAD software programs in engineering markets. This integration significantly improves the users’ efficiency and workflow. More Search for more news in this Category |
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SAGE launches streaming video collections to support pedagogical, curricular and research needs |
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Academic and professional publisher SAGE has announced the launch of SAGE Video, streaming video collections designed to support a range of needs across higher education, including pedagogical use in undergraduate teaching and learning and higher-level academic study and research. Celebrating 50 years as a social and behavioural science publisher in 2015, the first three collections of video content – available now – include Education, Communication and Media Studies, and Counseling and Psychotherapy. More collections will be added in 2016. More Search for more news in this Category |
 Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition transfers to BioMed Central |
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Open access publisher BioMed Central will publish the Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. The journal was first published in 1983 and in transferring to the open access publisher it joins the growing number of global health journals within the portfolio. BioMed Central and the journal’s new Editor-in-Chief, Abdullah Baqui, hope to continue the distinguished history of the journal established by the public health research organisation International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), which was associated with the journal from 2000 to 2015. More Search for more news in this Category |
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EBSCO unveils customisable newsletter tool to help professionals share content efficiently |
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EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced the availability of its newsletter builder tool that lets corporate librarians and information professionals share information with stakeholders across their organisations via customized e-newsletters. EBSCO Newsletter Builder enables professionals in corporations of all sizes to find focused content from known sources and share it with colleagues easily. More Search for more news in this Category |
 New COAR Executive Board elected |
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The election of the new Executive Board (2015 – 2018) took place at the COAR General Assembly on April 14, 2015. The new Board, which has been expanded from three to six members, reflects the increasingly international nature of COAR with representatives from Europe, Africa, Latin America, and North America. More Search for more news in this Category |
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U.S. Senate confirms Willie E. May as 15th director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology |
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On May 4, 2015, the U.S. Senate confirmed Willie E. May as the second Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and the 15th director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). May has been serving as acting director since June 2014. He has worked at NIST since 1971, leading research activities in chemical and biological measurement science activities prior to serving as associate director for laboratory programs and principal deputy to the NIST director. More Search for more news in this Category |
 Public Reading Network of Euskadi becomes first public library group in Spain to make its collections globally accessible via WorldCat |
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Red de Lectura Pública de Euskadi (Public Reading Network of Euskadi) has announced that its union catalogue, which represents the collections of more than 240 municipal libraries in the Basque Country of Spain, will be added to WorldCat in 2015. The Network will add more than 650,000 records to WorldCat, including approximately 55,000 Basque titles. More Search for more news in this Category |
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CCC named one of ‘10 to Watch’ in Outsell’s 2015 Open Access Market Report |
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Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a global licensing and content solutions organization, has been named one of ’10 to Watch’ in Outsell, Inc.’s ‘Open Access 2015: Market Size, Share, Forecast, and Trends’ report. In its report, Outsell defines the market, estimates its growth and identifies the major contributors that are developing an infrastructure to support the Open Access (OA) landscape. More Search for more news in this Category |
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