York St John University becomes first academic institution in the UK to implement WorldCat Local - September 17, 2010
Library cooperative OCLC has announced that York St John University has become the first academic institution in the UK to implement OCLC's WorldCat Local as its new library end-user discovery interface. The WorldCat Local service delivers single-search access to more than 450 million items from locally… Read More
New learning centre for schools opened at the British Library - September 17, 2010
British Library, the national library of the United Kingdom, has opened its revamped and expanded Learning Centre, the Harry M Weinrebe Learning Centre. Funded entirely through private donations, the Learning Centre offers pupils and teachers cutting-edge facilities to support digital literacy skills as well as first-hand… Read More
ChemSpider awarded ALPSP Award for Publishing Innovation 2010 - September 17, 2010
The Royal Society of Chemistry has announced that its free online chemistry database, ChemSpider, was awarded the ALPSP Award for Publishing Innovation 2010 in a shortlist of four. This is ChemSpider's third award of the year. The ALPSP Award for Publishing Innovation recognises a significantly innovative… Read More
John Wiley & Sons names Stephen M. Smith as new President & CEO, William J. Pesce to retire - September 17, 2010
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced that William J. Pesce will be retiring on April 30, 2011, and Stephen M. Smith has been named as the Company's next President and Chief Executive Officer. Smith will become a member of the company's Board of… Read More
United Business Media acquires Canon Communications for $287 million - September 17, 2010
Niche information services provider United Business Media Ltd. (UBM), UK, has reached an agreement to acquire Canon Communications LLC from Spectrum Equity Investors and Apprise Media LLC for $287 million. The transaction is subject to Hart-Scott-Rodino antitrust clearance. With this acquisition, UBM expects to become a… Read More
EBSCO Publishing and John Carter Brown Library collaborate to offer free historical database - September 17, 2010
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, and the John Carter Brown Library have collaborated to bring a new bibliographic database to libraries, scholars and individuals interested in European works that relate to the Americas. European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750 is a database based… Read More
