Miami-Dade Public Library System opts for discovery tool AquaBrowser Library - November 2, 2009
The Miami-Dade Public Library System has announced that it has chosen AquaBrowser Library, a discovery tool offering visual, faceted searching that connects to any data source. AquaBrowser is projected to help the library’s members easily and fully explore its vast collection. Existing users of the search tool include over 700… Read More
CSHL Press releases the Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive - November 2, 2009
Laboratory manuals publisher Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHL Press), US, has released the Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive, a complete online collection of its scholarly monographs. The 59-volume archive includes all monographs published by CSHL Press from 1970 to 2009. It spans a range of… Read More
Safari Books Online launches Safari Books Online 6.0 - November 2, 2009
Safari Books Online, a US-based e-reference joint venture between publishers O'Reilly Media, Inc. and Pearson Technology Group, has announced the launch of Safari Books Online 6.0. This release features advancements in the product offering, including new functionality such as an interactive reading experience; dynamic content categorisation;… Read More
EMpact Sales and IWA Publishing sign sales and marketing deal - November 2, 2009
EMpact Sales (EMpact), publisher representation group of EBSCO Information Services, US, has announced an agreement with the International Water Association (IWA). Under the deal, EMpact will serve as IWA’s sales agent. The agreement grants EMpact the rights to sell IWA’s electronic and print journals in Italy,… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - November 2, 2009
The latest edition of blogspeak is now online. Featured are Kent Anderson (Will the Writing Revolution Beget a Social Revolution?); Roy Tennant (The Next-Gen Repository: Part II); David Crotty (NIH Funds a Social Network for Scientists — Is It Likely to Succeed?); and Joe Konrath (In Defense of Print). A… Read More
