University of the Free State (UFS) in Bloemfontein selects Serials Solutions’ Summon Service and 360 Link - November 18, 2011
Serials Solutions, a business unit of the US-based ProQuest LLC, has announced that the University of the Free State (UFS) in Bloemfontein, South Africa, has selected the Summon web-scale discovery service and 360 Link OpenURL link resolver to further increase the discoverability and access to its… Read More
Academic institutions across Europe join Ex Libris Alma early adopter programme - November 18, 2011
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced the recent addition of nine European institutions to the early adopter programme for the Ex Libris Alma library management service. Over 60 institutions across three continents have so far committed to adopting Alma through various… Read More
Access Knowledgespeak using your smartphones and mobile devices via Myscoope.com - November 18, 2011
Mobile access for Knowledgespeak is now available in a mobile browser version and a Java application version. Smartphones and Tablets – We publish a mobile browser version for smartphones and tablet PCs. This is accessible at www.myscoope.com, a site designed specifically for all types of… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell and The Association of Applied Biologists launch new OA journal - November 18, 2011
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, and The Association of Applied Biologists (AAB) have launched a new journal - Food and Energy Security. The journal seeks to meet the needs of authors and funders to publish international open… Read More
Pharmacy OneSource announces new enhancements for Sentri7 - November 18, 2011
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that several new enhancements have been added to Sentri7, a web-based, enterprise-wide electronic surveillance application that helps hospital staff identify at-risk patients. Corporate administrators at multi-hospital health systems will be able to view data from each… Read More
OCLC and IZUM sign Letter of Intent to develop national library information systems - November 18, 2011
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, and IZUM, the Institute of Information Science in Slovenia, have signed a Letter of Intent to investigate establishment of a strategic partnership to develop national library information systems in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia.… Read More
