JISC Advance brings together eight JISC services - September 8, 2009
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) will launch a new organisation called JISC Advance later this week. JISC Advance will bring together eight established JISC services as part of JISC’s ongoing strategy to deliver world-class support to colleges and universities. The organisation will be led… Read More
Symyx expands global software development operations - September 8, 2009
Symyx Technologies, Inc., a US-based provider of technologies for R&D, has announced the opening of a new software research and development center in Bangalore, India. Developers at the new facility will collaborate with other Symyx sites on the company's core scientific information management software solutions, including… Read More
Dear Subscriber - September 8, 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
British group studies use of journals by staff of small and medium enterprises - September 7, 2009
The Publishing Research Consortium has released a study analysing the use of journals by the staff of high-tech small businesses (small and medium-sized enterprises, or SMEs) in the UK – with 250 employees or fewer. The study says that these staffers place a high value on,… Read More
British Library initiative to showcase latest digital reading devices - September 7, 2009
British Library, the national library of the UK, has announced plans to extend its ‘New Ways of Reading’ display to encourage users to investigate new reading technology from the moment it is released. Under the initiative, the library is showcasing the Bloomsbury Library Online, a new… Read More
Harvard University Library launches open-access repository – DASH - September 7, 2009
The Harvard University Library has announced the launch of a University-wide, open-access repository, DASH — Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (http://dash.harvard.edu). More than 350 members of the Harvard research community, including over a third of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences,… Read More
