OCLC expands agreements with content providers to make more content accessible via WorldCat Local - December 3, 2010
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, has announced expanded agreements with content providers to make more content in a variety of formats accessible to users. Library users can now find more than 700 million items through the WorldCat Local service. In addition to the 200 million… Read More
NLM’s History of Medicine Division releases new Web interface for searching text and audio content - December 3, 2010
The National Library of Medicine's History of Medicine Division (HMD) has announced the release of a new Web interface to its oral history collections, as part of its growing electronic texts programme. Content includes digital editions of transcripts and any accompanying audio… Read More
SEEd Medical Publishers launches its new e-books - December 3, 2010
Medical publishing house SEEd Medical Publishers, Italy, has announced the availability of its English e-books - a new formula of access to practical medical contents for physicians, teachers, researchers and students. SEEd's e-books are available on amazon.com, bol.it, http://store.simplicissimus.it and other online… Read More
ARL launches online forum for libraries supporting the NSF Data Sharing Policy - December 3, 2010
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released a new resource for libraries supporting the recently revised NSF Data Sharing Policy. The Guide for Research Libraries: The NSF Data Sharing Policy, by Patricia Hswe and Ann Holt, is a set of Web-based resources that introduces and… Read More
New IEEE webinar series to focus on engineering opportunities and innovations addressing humanitarian concerns - December 3, 2010
Technical professional association IEEE has announced that mobile web technologies for the developing world and internet access in rural Africa are two of the topics that will be covered in a series of free Webinars that highlight humanitarian efforts. The series profiles different cases in which… Read More
SAGE expands suite of Therapeutic Advances journals - December 3, 2010
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that it has extended its suite of Therapeutic Advances journals with the launch of two new titles - Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety and Therapeutic Advances in Hematology. Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety covers novel and controversial aspects pertaining to… Read More
