Common information standards will save millions of pounds, says JISC report - October 1, 2010
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has commissioned a new report, according to which, establishing a common data standard for managing research information in the UK could save the higher education sector millions of pounds. Research information - administrative information about researchers, projects, outputs and… Read More
H.W. Wilson databases to be searchable via EBSCO Discovery Service - October 1, 2010
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that H.W. Wilson (Wilson) databases will soon be searchable via EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) for mutual customers. EBSCO and Wilson have enjoyed a working partnership for many years where selected Wilson databases are made available on… Read More
ARL and Ithaka S+R awarded IMLS Grant to study digitised special collections - October 1, 2010
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership Grants Program has awarded the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and Ithaka S+R, the strategy and research arm of ITHAKA, a grant amount of $464,286 to study how libraries, archives, and museums are sustaining digitised special… Read More
The Consortium Directory now available online - October 1, 2010
Marketing services provider Frontline GMS Ltd, UK, has announced that the Consortium Directory, originally published by Frontline GMS, will become available as an online database in partnership with journal supply chain support provider Ringgold Inc. The new Directory, renamed the Consortium Directory Online (CDO), is claimed… Read More
LWW releases two interactive testing programmes for nursing students - October 1, 2010
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has launched two interactive testing programmes powered by Prep-U for nursing students. The programmes are claimed to revolutionise how students learn and prepare for the National Council Licensure Exam for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN).… Read More
CABI to provide collection of over 500 scientific titles to Bookshare - October 1, 2010
Life sciences publisher Centre for Agricultural Bioscience International (CABI), UK, has announced an agreement with Bookshare to provide their collection of nearly 500 titles in the areas of agricultural, animal and veterinary sciences, environmental sciences, human health, food and nutrition, leisure and tourism, microbiology and parasitology,… Read More
