JISC-funded repository adds 1000th item - July 23, 2009
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has announced that a JISC-funded repository based at Warwick University has uploaded its 1,000th item, just under a year after its launch. The Warwick Research Archive Project (WRAP) continues to add articles and PhD theses to the free… Read More
AquaBrowser search tool for libraries expands customer base - July 23, 2009
Medialab Solutions, a US-based provider of library software, has announced that in a single year, more than 400 libraries have chosen the AquaBrowser Library, its search and discovery system for libraries. AquaBrowser, which provides libraries with visual and faceted search solutions, has over 700 customers worldwide,… Read More
Dear Subscribers - July 23, 2009
STM Publishers and other print/publishing Services and Support Tools providers can now use the all new K-Store platform to post information across three sections - a Jobs section, a virtual storefronts directory and a print/publishing Read More
InChI Trust launch to expand use of chemical structure representation algorithm - July 23, 2009
The InChI Trust, a not-for-profit organisation to expand and develop the InChI open source chemical structure representation algorithm, is formally launched this week. Originally developed by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), the IUPAC International Chemical Identifier (InChI) is an alpha-numeric character string… Read More
Healthy Advice Networks launches new technology solution to deliver real-time health content to physicians - July 23, 2009
Health-information provider Healthy Advice Networks, US, has announced the launch of PracticeWire, a wireless broadband technology solution that delivers real-time health content to physicians all day via wall-mounted flat-screen monitors. Strategically located in the back office, medical news and information is sourced from over 40 peer-reviewed… Read More
IIPA report emphasises importance of copyright industries to US economy - July 22, 2009
A report prepared under the auspices of the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) stresses the continuing and increasingly valuable economic contributions of various copyright industries to the US economy. Tom Allen, President and CEO of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) joined with other representatives of the US copyright industries… Read More
