ARL and Ascendant Strategy Management Group partner to bring Balanced Scorecard to 10 Libraries - May 26, 2011
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Ascendant Strategy Management Group have agreed to begin development of Balanced Scorecards (BSCs) for a group of 10 libraries. The agreement marks an extension of a partnership between the two organisations that began… Read More
SBRI programmes to improve access for all learners - May 26, 2011
Funding has been awarded to a number of technology innovators from around the UK to enable them to explore life changing assistive technologies. The funding has come from two competitions sponsored by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Read More
World Scientific Publishing Company selects Atypon Literatum as new publishing platform - May 25, 2011
Atypon, a provider of software to the publishing and media industry, has announced that scientific publisher World Scientific Publishing Company has selected Literatum as its new publishing platform. Literatum will allow World Scientific to bring together all of its content products… Read More
CAS Registry registers 60 millionth substance - May 25, 2011
Chemical information provider Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) has announced that a patent application claiming compounds with potential therapeutic activity, submitted to China's State Intellectual Property Office, included the 60 millionth substance recorded in the CAS Registry. CAS is a division of US-based American Chemical Society (ACS).… Read More
Serials Solutions enhances Japanese search functionality in Summon web-scale discovery service - May 25, 2011
Serials Solutions, a US-based provider of tools and services for libraries and a business unit of ProQuest LLC, has announced that it has enhanced its Japanese search functionality in the Serials Solutions Summon web-scale discovery service. The service currently enables sophisticated search features in Dutch, French… Read More
Knovel launches Mining Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy subject area - May 25, 2011
Engineering resources provider Knovel, US, has announced the launch of Mining Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy as a new subject. Knovel's Mining Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy subject area supports engineers involved in mining engineering, extractive metallurgy as well as affiliated engineers working in design and construction and… Read More
