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Semantico Builds Brill's New Platform for Primary Sources

Leiden (NL) / Boston (MA) – 18 September 2012

Brill and Semantico are pleased to announce a major new collaboration for the design and engineering of a new platform for Brill’s primary source collections. The expected delivery date for the platform is early 2013.

Libraries and Access to Justice Webinar Series

Pro Bono Net is pleased to announce a series of four "Libraries and Access to Justice" national training webinars. The series will help librarians better assist library patrons with legal needs by presenting a range of free online access to justice resources, and will showcase successful models for legal aid-library collaboration. Pro Bono Net is producing the webinars in collaboration with the Legal Aid Society of Louisville, Central Minnesota Legal Services and Legal Services State Support (MN), with funding from the Legal Services Corporation's Technology Initiative Grants program.

Brill Completes Acquisition of KITLV Press

Leiden (NL) / Boston (MA) -- 18 September 2012

Brill, the international scholarly publisher, has now completed the acquisition of Leiden-based KITLV Press.

Brill Acquires Language and Linguistics List from Emerald Group Publishing

Leiden (NL) / Boston (MA) – 17 September 2012

Brill, the international scholarly publisher, has finalized an agreement with Emerald Group Publishing to acquire the Language and Linguistics titles from their extensive books portfolio, effective immediately. The list is expected to add 200,000 Euro in revenue per annum.

Brill Acquires Language and Linguistics List from Emerald Group Publishing

Leiden (NL) / Boston (MA) – 17 September 2012

Brill, the international scholarly publisher, has finalized an agreement with Emerald Group Publishing to acquire the Language and Linguistics titles from their extensive books portfolio, effective immediately. The list is expected to add 200,000 Euro in revenue per annum.

British Library, BiblioLabs and CCS Content Conversion Specialists Featured at IFLA

Charleston, SC– August 9, 2012 – Never before has information about our human history been so accessible to people around the world, and the innovation just keeps coming. One constant in the process of bringing primary source materials to the public has been the cooperation of different parties working toward a single goal.

EBSCONET® Subscription Management Features New, More Flexible User Interface

~New look and feel of EBSCONET showcases improved overall usability and e-package renewal functionality — and lays the foundation for even more enhanced subscription management capabilities~

Birmingham, Ala. – July 31, 2012 – EBSCONET® Subscription Management has released a new user interface with improved usability and flexibility, in addition to enhanced functionality for renewing e-journal package content.

The Embedded Librarian: New book makes a compelling argument for a model of librarianship based on partnerships, collaboration, and mutual accountability between librarians and information users.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

July 18, 2012, Medford, NJ—Information Today, Inc. [ITI] has announced the publication of The Embedded Librarian: Innovative Strategies for Taking Knowledge Where It's Needed by David Shumaker.