ScienceDirect celebrates a decade of serving global scientific research community - June 29, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it is celebrating the tenth anniversary of its online scientific research platform, ScienceDirect. The tenth anniversary also marks the addition of the ten millionth article to the database, which contains full-text articles and book chapters. The ten millionth full-text… Read More
ProQuest introduces new technologies for its upcoming platform - June 29, 2010
Information resources and technologies provider Proquest, US, unveiled latest developments for its all-new platform at the American Library Association Conference in Washington, DC. Highly anticipated for its promise to unify all ProQuest content in a single framework, the new platform will now include ProQuest Extended Search,… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education unveils new K-12 digital partnerships and products - June 29, 2010
Education materials publisher McGraw-Hill Education, US, has announced a series of new technology-based partnerships and products that are projected to enhance the company's line of digital K-12 education solutions. These were presented at the ongoing International Society for Technology in Education's annual conference in Denver. The… Read More
Google to stop redirecting Chinese site users to Hong Kong page - June 29, 2010
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, has announced plans to stop redirecting users of the Google.cn site to its Hong Kong page. Since the company's January announcement that it was not willing to censor results on Google.cn, it has been automatically redirecting everyone using Google.cn… Read More
German government looking into Apple’s practice of compiling data on iPhone users - June 29, 2010
Germany's federal justice minister, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, has reportedly expressed concern over Apple's practice of compiling data on users of its new iPhone. The company has been termed the latest technology giant to fall afoul of the country's stringent privacy laws. iPhone 4, the latest version of… Read More
OCLC announces new partnership with LYRASIS - June 29, 2010
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, has announced a new partnership with LYRASIS, a regional library membership organisation in the US, to provide increased consulting, education and engagement programmes for WorldCat and new cooperative Web-scale library management services. The new partnership will… Read More
