Ingram Content Group launches new ipage search and order platform - May 8, 2012
Ingram Content Group, US, has launched its new comprehensive ipage search and order platform. Created collaboratively with users, the newly designed site includes intuitive navigation, enhanced search and browsing options, and additional customisation options that make finding, organising and discovering new products easy for booksellers… Read More
Authors Guild accuses Google of hurting millions of authors with Library project - May 7, 2012
A group representing authors in a copyright case reportedly slammed Google in court last week, saying the company's book-scanning project had hurt millions of authors whose works had been digitised. The Authors Guild is seeking class-certification status for its claims case in… Read More
Metadata from millions of OA catalogue records from Harvard Library now available via EBSCO Discovery Service - May 7, 2012
Database and e-books aggregator EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced that the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset is now available via EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). EBSCO Discovery Service users will now be able to search millions of Harvard Library catalogue records in the Base Index of EDS. The… Read More
ProQuest and partners to add new census content to HeritageQuest Online service - May 7, 2012
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has announced that it is joining forces with Archives.com, FamilySearch International, findmypast.com and the National Association of Records and Archives in the 1940 US Census Community Project, a collaborative effort to index the contents of the newly released US… Read More
SAGE commissions research team at LISU to undertake research investigating the value of academic libraries for academic staff - May 7, 2012
Academic and professional publisher SAGE has commissioned the research team at LISU, Loughborough University (UK) to undertake research investigating the value of academic libraries for academic staff. LISU conducted 8 case studies in three regions – the UK, USA and Scandinavia – to uncover examples… Read More
ScienceIndex.com adds Neurology and Nutrition categories - May 7, 2012
ScienceIndex.com, a Web 2.0 sciences social network, has announced that it has added two new categories - Neurology and Nutrition. While the Neurology category covers the nervous system and its disorders, the Nutrition category covers nourishment, including nutrients that organisms must obtain from their environment to… Read More
