Unbound Medicine announces new mobile platforms and resources at Pediatric Care Online - January 17, 2012
Unbound Medicine, a US-based provider of knowledge management solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced new mobile platforms and resources at Pediatric Care Online (PCO). PCO is now available as a downloadable native application for iPad and Windows Phone. Simultaneously, important new clinical information was added… Read More
Syracuse University selects Serials Solutions’ Summon Service for discovery of library collections - January 16, 2012
Serials Solutions, a business unit of the US-based ProQuest LLC, has announced that Syracuse University Library has selected the Summon service to provide complete discovery of the library's vast collections – including close to 3 million volumes and more than 25,000 subscription online journals, databases, and… Read More
Elsevier and Leiden University Scholars collaborate to study Heritage Collection, Elsevier’s 2,000 16 – 18th century books - January 16, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and the Scaliger Institute of Leiden University Libraries recently announced the founding of a three year fellowship programme to enable international rare books scholars to study 16th -18th century scientific scholarship and publishing. The programme will support two scholars to work… Read More
More libraries join OCLC WorldShare Management Services community - January 16, 2012
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, has announced that 28 libraries have selected OCLC WorldShare Management Services since July 1, 2011. The OCLC WorldShare Management Services claims to be the first Webscale management services for libraries that streamline cataloging, acquisitions, circulation, license management and workflows, and offer… Read More
Copyright Alliances welcomes US bill overturning free access to publicly funded research - January 16, 2012
The Copyright Alliance has applauded US Representatives Darrell Issa and Carolyn Maloney for their bipartisan introduction of H.R. 3699, the Research Works Act. The proposal would overturn an unprecedented federal government taking of copyrights from certain authors and researchers. In a recently issued statement, the… Read More
RSC Kyoto University iCeMS collaborate to launch new journal, Biomaterials Science - January 16, 2012
The Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, has announced the launch of a new journal, Biomaterials Science. The new journal seeks to provide the academic and industrial researchers in the field of biomaterials a new option for the publication of their research in 2012. Norio Nakatsuji, Prof.… Read More
