Cadmus unveils XML-to-EPUB conversion service for scholarly publishers - April 6, 2010
Content management and production services provider Cadmus Communications, US, has announced the release of an automated XML-to-EPUB conversion service. The service will provide digital content to EPUB-compliant e-book devices, such as the Apple iPad, for the scholarly publishing community. EPUB is an industry standard structure developed… Read More
Ingram to provide publishers with access to Apple’s iBookstore - April 6, 2010
Ingram Content Group Inc., US, has announced that Apple has selected Ingram as a preferred partner for helping publishers provide content to Apple's new iBookstore. Through CoreSource, Ingram's solution for the storage, management, and distribution of digital content, publishers will be able to submit eBooks to… Read More
OCLC adds new MARC Records for items in Google Books and Hathi Trust Digital collections to WorldCat - April 6, 2010
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, has announced that it is adding records to WorldCat that represent digitised books from the Google Books Library Project and the HathiTrust Digital Library to provide greater access to and increased visibility of these digitised collections.… Read More
CPM Resource Center launches web-based Clinical Practice Guidelines - April 6, 2010
The Clinical Practice Model Resource Center (CPMRC), an Elsevier firm engaged in developing clinical practice guidelines for healthcare, has launched its first web-based version of Point of Care Guidelines (http://www.cpmrc.com/). The online edition of its guidelines seeks to support new and emerging… Read More
American Medical Association’s Physician Consortium marks decade of measure development - April 6, 2010
The American Medical Association’s Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement recently celebrated its 10th anniversary. The AMA-convened Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (PCPI) is committed to enhancing quality of care and patient safety by taking the lead in the development, testing, and maintenance of evidence-based clinical performance… Read More
Center for the History of Medicine receives NEH grant to create digital collection of primary sources documenting the American pandemic experience - April 6, 2010
The University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine has been awarded a two-year $314,688 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to create an original, open access digital collection of archival, primary, and interpretive materials related to the history of the 1918-1919 influenza… Read More
