Pablo the Penguin helps bridge the social gap between the library service and clients, builds trust, helps to mentor students and supports anxious users.
Posted 21 July 2016
The Academic Reading Format International Study reveals UK students prefer having course materials in print -- but some like the convenience of electronic formats.
Posted 18 July 2016
Stuart Hamilton, Mia Ridge and Jan Holmquist to speak at Internet Librarian International, the library innovation conference.
Posted 18 July 2016
Makerspaces are beginning to make an impact in the education sector. In a preview of his presentation at Internet Librarian International, Antony Groves explores the various approaches being adopted to make these spaces work.
Posted 01 July 2016
Additional analysis from Workforce Mapping Project.
Posted 01 July 2016
The Association of American University Presses has published guidelines to best practice peer review.
Posted 12 June 2016
Further enhancements for publisher's Research Data Management portfolio.
Posted 09 June 2016
Library Budget Predictions for 2016 is based on interviews with senior librarians in almost 700 institutions around the world.
Posted 01 June 2016
EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries) has published its 2015 annual report, showing the results of its collaboration with libraries in 60 developing and transitional countries around the world.
Posted 31 May 2016
Student engagement at The Hive -- Europe's first integrated public and university library.
Posted 13 May 2016
ALPSP announces call for 2016 entries.
Posted 13 May 2016
Regional coverage; over 3000 scholarly journals included.
Posted 27 April 2016
Initiative to improve sociability and sharing.
Posted 26 April 2016
Two events will explore how to build and maintain strong relationships between researchers in developing countries, publishers and other stakeholders.
Posted 21 April 2016
Contrasting approaches to understanding students and their user experience explored at UKSG.
Posted 17 April 2016
The academic publisher Taylor & Francis is exploring the transformation of the traditional library role through a series of interviews with academic librarians around the world.
Posted 01 April 2016
The trial has already resulted in 1.3 million additional article accesses.
Posted 30 March 2016
Collaboration to consider scholarly research in the digital, networked age.
Posted 30 March 2016
New report looks at the impact of international academic collaboration across the UK research base. The leading edge of research is shared across countries.
Posted 11 March 2016
Grant to support alternative research metrics.
Posted 09 March 2016
An Iron Mountain and AIIM White Paper explores the future skills and attributes that will help information managers create positive impacts for their organisations over the next 3-5 years.
Posted 17 February 2016
ILI — The Library Innovation Conference — invites presentations from innovative info pros from all sectors, as well as those working outside a traditional library setting. ILI takes place at Olympia, London on 18-19 October.
Posted 15 February 2016
Two-way linking of content between Elsevier and ICPSR.
Posted 10 February 2016
Venture brings together three research-intensive universities.
Posted 10 February 2016
Marydee Ojala joins other 'battle scarred veterans' of scholarly publishing at the 2016 Academic Publishing Europe (APE) conference in Germany.
Posted 08 February 2016