OCLC’s new Web Harvester captures web content to add to digital collections - July 31, 2008
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, has announced the release of Web Harvester, a new product that allows libraries to capture and add web content to their digital collections managed by OCLC's CONTENTdm Digital Collection Management Software. OCLC's Web Harvester addresses the… Read More
Association of Research Libraries updates and reconfigures FAIR website - July 31, 2008
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has updated and reconfigured the Freely Available Institute Resources (FAIR) website. The website is a platform for faculty and alumni of the ARL/ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication to share outreach and programme development tools with the broader community. FAIR is… Read More
Elsevier expands use of CCC’s Rightslink service - July 31, 2008
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it is partnering with non-profit copyright licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), US, to use the latter's Rightslink service. Rightslink is an online e-commerce service that allows content users to instantly license content and… Read More
Inderscience launches inaugural issues of 2 new journals - July 31, 2008
STM and business publisher Inderscience has published the first issues of 2 new titles. The titles are: International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics and International Journal of Systems, Control and Communications. International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics promotes an understanding of the structural and… Read More
Attention Subscribers – Benefit now from the Content atomisation initiative from Knowledgespeak - July 31, 2008
Knowledgespeak is planning to atomise its content. A preliminary but significant initiative has already been taken in this direction. For an internationally esteemed association, we have repackaged and categorised our news under various topics to suit the information needs of its members. We are exploring other possibilities of bringing a… Read More
NewsRx launches 38 new science titles - July 30, 2008
Publisher and international news organisation NewsRx, US, has launched 38 new science titles under its VerticalNews imprint. The new science titles will provide current news, scientific research, and developments on national defense, aerospace, agriculture, chemicals and chemistry, ecology, environment, conservation, energy, engineering, food science, farming, mining… Read More
