Western Regional Storage Trust completes first round of print journal archiving - August 31, 2012
The Western Regional Storage Trust (WEST), a partnership to create a distributed retrospective print journal repository in western US, has announced that it has completed its first round of print journal archiving. This has been accomplished under a three-year programme jointly funded by WEST members and… Read More
Academy of Management launches new AOM Publications Portal on HighWire Open Platform - August 31, 2012
The Academy of Management (AOM) has announced the launch of the new AOM Publications portal on the HighWire Open Platform. With this move, the AOM titles on the HighWire Open Platform embrace an online format that is quick and easy to use, offering greater discoverability, potential… Read More
Holiday Notice - August 31, 2012
This is to inform our esteemed subscribers that there will be no newsletter dispatch on Monday, September 03, 2012, on account of the ‘Labor Day’ holiday. We will resume our newsletter service on Tuesday, September 04, 2012. The newsletter will contain all the headlines that have appeared after the August… Read More
Tilburg University opts for OCLC WorldCat Local discovery service - August 30, 2012
Library information provider OCLC, US, has announced that Tilburg University, in the Netherlands, has gone live with WorldCat Local, the company's cloud-based discovery and delivery service that allow users to search their library's collection along with the collections of thousands of other libraries worldwide. With the… Read More
IEEE, other standards organisations endorse OpenStand’ principles - August 30, 2012
Five global organisations —IEEE, Internet Architecture Board (IAB), Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), Internet Society and World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) – have announced that they have signed a statement affirming the importance of a jointly developed set of principles establishing a modern paradigm for global,… Read More
Elsevier’s Gold Standard module to help Rite Aid pharmacies track legislation changes and streamline information sharing - August 30, 2012
Drug information provider Elsevier's Gold Standard, US, has announced that Rite Aid Corporation, one of the nation's leading drug store chains, has selected the Gold Standard Drug Database State and Federal module to monitor legislative updates made to prescription medications. The integration of the Gold Standard… Read More
