Elsevier journal accepted for coverage in MEDLINE - July 9, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that PM&R -The journal of injury, function and rehabilitation has been accepted for coverage by MEDLINE, just six months after its launch in January 2009. Maintained by the US National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System… Read More
Ex Libris announces expansion of Primo community with new members - July 9, 2009
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced additional libraries from around the world that have selected Primo as their discovery and delivery solution. Some recent newcomers to the international Primo community include Shanghai Jiao Tong University, in China; Claremont University Consortium, in the United… Read More
ARL launches blog on issues related to special collections in libraries - July 9, 2009
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Special Collections Working Group has launched a blog on 'Transformative Issues in Special Collections' to accompany the web conference held July 7, 2009. The blog is projected as an opportunity for the special collections community to continue the conversation after… Read More
ProQuest’s new platform to provide single-point access to ProQuest content - July 8, 2009
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, is leveraging its extensive research of end-users, librarians and faculty search behaviours to drive the creation of an all-new platform that will redefine search experience for library users worldwide. To be available in 2010, the new platform will facilitate… Read More
SAGE and American Sociological Association announce publishing deal - July 8, 2009
Academic publisher SAGE has announced a publishing partnership with the American Sociological Association (ASA). Under the deal, the global publisher will publish eight of ASA's journals beginning in 2010 and 2012. The journals are American Sociological Review, ASA's flagship journal and the number-one-ranked journal in sociology,… Read More
NRC-CISTI, CIHR and the US National Library of Medicine announce three-way partnership to establish PubMed Central Canada - July 8, 2009
The National Research Council's Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and the US National Library of Medicine (NLM) have announced a three-way partnership to establish PubMed Central Canada (PMC Canada). PMC Canada will be a national digital… Read More