NEOS Library Consortium members to implement WorldCat Local service - March 29, 2010
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, has announced that the University of Alberta, Red Deer College, Lakeland College and Concordia University College of Alberta are the first among NEOS member libraries to implement WorldCat Local. WorldCat Local is the service that delivers… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell partners with Semantico to launch Rook’s Textbook of Dermatology online - March 29, 2010
STM and scholarly publisher Wiley-Blackwell, US, has launched the eighth edition of Rook’s Textbook of Dermatology online in partnership with online publishing services provider Semantico Limited. The 8th Edition marks the debut of the online edition of Rook's Textbook of Dermatology, allowing users the fastest possible… Read More
SPO adds new backlist titles to ACLS Humanities E-Book online collection - March 29, 2010
The University of Michigan Library’s Scholarly Publishing Office recently added 576 new backlist titles to the ACLS Humanities E-Book (HEB) online collection. This brings the total number of available titles in HEB to 2,790. The works represent more than two dozen disciplines and subject areas, including… Read More
London Libraries Consortium working towards supplying free e-books to customers - March 29, 2010
London Libraries Consortium has announced that 10 of its 12 members are already offering e-books to library customers. Their move comes ahead of the recommendation for free access to e-books outlined in the Modernisation Review of Public Libraries: a Policy Statement published on March 22, 2010. The consortium represents 12… Read More
Drexel University launches Post-Master’s Library & Information Science Specialist Programs - March 29, 2010
Internet-based distance education programmes provider Drexel University Online, US, has increased its continuing education options for librarians through four new post-master’s Library and Information Science Specialist Programs from The iSchool at Drexel. The Competitive Intelligence and Knowledge Management, Archival Studies, Digital Libraries and Youth Services programs… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - March 29, 2010
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Richard Smith (Web 2.0 overtakes Web 1.0: get with it); Kent Anderson (Shoveling from Two Piles: How Will Publishers Solve the Conundrum of the iPad?); Aaron Saenz (Science Journals Need to Enter 21st Century, Social Networking Not Yet the Answer);… Read More
