Knowledgespeak Newsletter

14 June 2012

NFAIS webinar to discuss results of three-year study on the behaviour of the 'Generation Y' scholar The US' National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) will host a 90-minute webinar to hear the just-released results of a three-year study on the behaviour of the 'Generation Y' scholar (students born between 1982 -1994) currently studying for a PhD in the UK. The webinar is scheduled for June 20, 2012, from 11:00am - 12:30pm EDST. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Elsevier announces new enhancement to SciVal Strata STM publisher Elsevier has added a new enhancement to SciVal Strata, a web-based performance evaluation tool that allows users to conduct highly customised performance assessments of research teams and individual researchers. The new functionality provides the capacity for objective assessment of a specific selection of a researcher's work in addition to their complete publication output. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Development partners to test first functionality of Serials Solutions' new library management solution Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has announced that the first functionality of Intota, a new web-scale management solution, is available to its library development partners. Less than a year after announcing development of the service, the six development partners reflecting a broad spectrum of academic libraries, now have access to the first iteration of Intota in a test environment. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II in Italy selects EBSCO Discovery Service Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) has announced that Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II in Italy has selected EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) as its discovery tool. The library had been looking to increase the usage of electronic resources among researchers and students and they felt that EDS was the perfect fit by creating a unified index of their resources and providing a simplified but powerful search experience. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Kuali OLE-JISC project to help libraries manage their e-resources Kuali OLE and JISC have announced the Global Open Knowledgebase (GOKb) project to make data about e-resources - such as publication and licensing information - more easily available. The project will develop an international open data repository giving academic libraries a broader view of subscribed resources. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Wiley, Blackboard launch combined digital learning integration An integration for using digital learning content from John Wiley with the learning management system from Blackboard is now available to students and faculty worldwide. It gives students access to a collection of learning content and tools from WileyPLUS, directly within the Blackboard Learn platform. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ARL Statistics Webcast recording now available The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released a YouTube video of the ARL Statistics Webcast, held on June 5, 2012. The Webcast is part of the 2012 ARL Statistics & Assessment Webcast Series. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme 2012 Association of Educational Publishers Awards honour outstanding resources for teaching and learning McGraw-Hill School Education has announced that two of its digital solutions have taken home several awards - including one of the highest distinctions in educational publishing - at the 2012 Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) Awards. These awards further validate McGraw-Hill's leadership in education innovation and the company's commitment to developing engaging solutions to support teachers and drive student achievement. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme

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