SPIE reduces SPIE Digital Library subscription fees by 10 percent for 2010 - June 11, 2009
The Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, Inc. (SPIE) has announced a 10 percent rollback in pricing for institutional subscriptions to the SPIE Digital Library for 2010. The move is the result of a year-long study involving in-depth interviews with academic, government, and corporate librarians and researchers… Read More
Digital library developed by Penn State researchers hits 1 million articles mark - June 10, 2009
Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) has announced that a new digital library and search engine created by its researchers now holds more than 1 million journal articles and other scholarly works that can be easily accessed by anyone. CiteSeerX (http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu), based in Penn State's College of… Read More
EBSCO’s collection management tool now available to EBSCO customers worldwide - June 10, 2009
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO, US, has announced that it has expanded the availability of its latest collection management tool - E-Package Renewals on EBSCONET - to include additional publishers as well as library customers around the globe. The tool can reduce the time libraries spend… Read More
Knovel launches Knovel Math for Mathcad users - June 10, 2009
Web-based information services provider Knovel, US, has announced the immediate availability of Knovel Math. For Mathcad users, Knovel Math provides fully documented and validated Mathcad worksheets of engineering calculations from trusted reference works, reducing the time it takes to find, solve and document equations. Available as… Read More
Nine Natural Resources Canada libraries migrate to Evergreen automation software - June 10, 2009
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) Library, a 13-library organisation, has gone live with the first phase of its migration to Evergreen, a consortial-quality open-source library automation software. The migration includes the seven locations for NRCan Library's Canadian Forestry Center Library as well as two locations for its… Read More
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins secures 17 awards in multiple categories - June 10, 2009
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, received 17 different awards for writing, editing and design in the annual awards competition of the American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors (ASHPE). The awards include four gold, six silver, and seven bronze awards. With… Read More
