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December 15th, 2016Uncategorized
~ BIOSIS Previews and Zoological Record Will Be Available via EBSCOhost® Platform ~
IPSWICH, Mass. — December 15, 2016 — EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) will be adding two new resources, BIOSIS Previews™ and Zoological Record™, to the EBSCOhost® platform. EBSCO and Clarivate Analytics, formerly the Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters, have expanded their partnership to make these two resources available via EBSCOhost, the most-used for-fee electronic resource in libraries around the world.
BIOSIS Previews, a bibliographic database covering life sciences and biomedical sciences, combines journal content from Biological Abstracts® with supplemental, non-journal coverage from Biological Abstracts/RRM® (Reports, Reviews, Meetings). With backfiles to 1926, researchers can access current or retrospective literature in areas such as pre-clinical and experimental research, methods and instrumentation, animal studies, and environmental and consumer issues.
Zoological Record is an index of zoological literature, and is the world's oldest continuing database of animal biology. The broad scope of content ranges from biodiversity and the environment to taxonomy and veterinary sciences and coverage extends back to 1864.
Head of Research and Discovery at Clarivate Analytics Joelle Masciulli says, “We are excited to make this valuable content available to customers through the EBSCOhost platform, joining our long-time partnership with EBSCO for Biological Abstracts and International Pharmaceutical Abstracts. This partnership represents our commitment to serving our customers’ needs and integrating our data into their critical workflows wherever possible.”
Making these resource available via the EBSCOhost platform and in EBSCO Discovery Service™ will further extend its reach to users. EBSCOhost is a customizable, intuitive search experience designed to cater to user needs and preferences at every level of research. EBSCO Discovery Service brings together the most comprehensive collection of content—including superior indexing from top subject indexes, high-end full text and the entire library collection—all within an unparalleled full-featured, customizable discovery layer experience.
About Clarivate Analytics
Clarivate™Analytics accelerates the pace of innovation by providing trusted insights and analytics to customers around the world, enabling them to discover, protect and commercialize new ideas, faster. Formerly the Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters, we’ve been assisting our customers for over 60 years. Now as an independent company with over 4,000 employees, operating in more than 100 countries around the world, we remain expert, objective and agile. For more information, please visit us at Clarivate.comAbout EBSCO Information Services
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is the leading discovery service provider for libraries worldwide with more than 10,000 discovery customers in over 100 countries. EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) provides each institution with a comprehensive, single search box for its entire collection, offering unparalleled relevance ranking quality and extensive customization. EBSCO is also the preeminent provider of online research content for libraries, including hundreds of research databases, historical archives, point-of-care medical reference, and corporate learning tools serving millions of end users at tens of thousands of institutions. EBSCO is the leading provider of electronic journals & books for libraries, with subscription management for more than 360,000 serials, including more than 57,000 e-journals, as well as online access to more than 900,000 e-books. For more information, visit the EBSCO website at: www.ebsco.com. EBSCO Information Services is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., a family owned company since 1944.###
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LISWire: The Public Library of Anniston-Calhoun County Goes Live on ByWater Solutions Koha Support
0December 15th, 2016Uncategorized12/15/2016
CONTACT:
Nathan Curulla
(888) 900-8944
sales@bywatersolutions.comThe Public Library of Anniston-Calhoun County Goes Live on ByWater Solutions Koha Support
ByWater Solutions, an open source community contributor and America's forefront provider of Koha support, announced today that The Public Library of Anniston-Calhoun County of Anniston, Alabama is now live on their Koha open source integrated library system.
ByWater Solutions has completed the migration of the Libraries' more than 130,000 titles earlier this year and is providing ongoing hosting and support services to the library. The library's customized online catalog can be viewed at: http://anniston.bywatersolutions.com/
Brendan Gallagher, CEO of ByWater also commented on the Library's move to Koha:
"We are thrilled to have the opportunity to partner with the staff of the Anniston-Calhoun Library for their implementation and ongoing Koha support. We are excited to see such a high level of interest for open source in Alabama! The team at the library have been a real pleasure to work with and we look forward to a long a productive relationship together. "
About Koha:
Koha is the first open-source Integrated Library System (ILS). In use worldwide, its development is steered by a growing community of libraries collaborating to achieve their technology goals. Koha's impressive feature set continues to evolve and expand to meet the needs of its user base. It includes modules for circulation, cataloging, acquisitions, serials, reserves, patron management, branch relationships, and more.Koha's OPAC, circulation, management and self-checkout interfaces are all based on standards-compliant World Wide Web technologies,HTML5, CSS and Javascript,making Koha a truly platform-independent solution. Koha is distributed under the open-source General Public License (GPL). For more information about Koha, please visit: http://koha-community.org/
About ByWater Solutions:
ByWater Solutions is a full service, high quality support and implementation company dedicated to providing libraries with a lower cost, more advanced level of support for their ILS than a traditional proprietary solution can offer. ByWater Solutions has a proven track record in first rate Koha implementation and support with library systems of all sizes. Our highly ranked, comprehensive support is what sets our company apart from any other vendor in the industry. Partnering with ByWater Solutions to support Koha not only lowers the cost of implementing and maintaining an ILS, but more importantly empowers libraries by giving them the flexibility and freedom they deserve. For more information please visit: http://bywatersolutions.com/Technologies:Organization Type:Company Name:Intended Audience:Topics: -
December 15th, 2016Uncategorized
Leiden (NL) / Boston (USA) / Singapore (SG) – 15 December 2016
To encourage and support early-career scholars seeking to publish in leading academic journals, Brill is awarding an annual prize for an outstanding article in the field of Middle East and Islamic Studies.
Winner of the Middle East and Islamic Studies Early-Career Paper Prize 2016
Brill is very happy to announce that the winner of the 2016 Middle East and Islamic Studies Early-Career Paper Prize is Fatma Öncel, PhD candidate at Boğaziçi University, Turkey.
Her article "Land, Tax and Power in the Ottoman Provinces: The Malikane-Mukataa of Esma Sultan in Alasonya (c. 1780-1825)" was chosen as the winner by the board of Brill's journal Turkish Historical Review (www.brill.com/THR). Read the praise and an abstract of her article on the Early Career Paper Prize website page: http://www.brill.com/about/winner-middle-east-and-islamic-studies-early-...
Fatma will receive a €750,- cash prize and her article will be published in an upcoming issue of Turkish Historical Review. It will be free to access up until a month after publication. More information will follow in Brill’s upcoming email newsletters: http://www.brill.com/email-newsletters.
Brill’s Middle East and Islamic Studies Early-Career Paper Prize is made possible by the Sheikh Zayed Book Award for publishing. For more information about the award, please visit the Early Career Paper Prize website page.
About Brill
Founded in 1683 in Leiden, the Netherlands, Brill is a leading international academic publisher in 20 main subject areas, including Middle East and Islamic Studies, Asian Studies, Classical Studies, History, Biblical and Religious Studies, Language & Linguistics, Biology, and International Law. With offices in Leiden, Boston and Singapore, Brill today publishes 265 journals and about 900 new books and reference works each year, available in both print and electronic form. Brill also markets a large number of primary source research collections and databases. The company’s key customers are academic and research institutions, libraries, and scholars. Brill is a publicly traded company and is listed on Euronext Amsterdam NV. For further information, please visit www.brill.com.View this Media Alert online: http://www.brill.com/news/brill-announces-winner-middle-east-and-islamic...
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