EBSCO Publishing and Capita partner to enhance library resource discovery - September 27, 2012
Capita, a UK-based provider of BPO and integrated professional support service solutions, and research database and discovery service provider, EBSCO Publishing, have announced a partnership to offer integrated access to extensive electronic resources within Capita’s existing library resource discovery solution, Prism and EBSCO Discovery Service. Users… Read More
ICAP in collaboration with NIST, UNH-IOL for conformity assessment programme - September 27, 2012
The IEEE Conformity Assessment Program (ICAP) has announced plans to collaborate with the US' National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL). The organisations will work jointly on the development of a conformity assessment initiative for the IEEE… Read More
OCLC adds Italian public library records to WorldCat - September 27, 2012
Library information provider OCLC, US, has added the records of a group of more than 100 public libraries in the province of Trento, Italy, to WorldCat. This addition significantly increases the number of Italian language records in what is claimed to be the world's largest database… Read More
Pearson launches Early Edition eBook service - September 27, 2012
Pearson, a US-based provider of educational content and services, has announced that readers everywhere will now have the opportunity to get early access to important, time-sensitive topics and technologies before the official publication. Available exclusively through Pearson, Early Edition multi-format eBooks (PDF, ePUB, and MOBI)… Read More
ALA to join Library 2.012 Worldwide Virtual Conference as partner - September 27, 2012
The American Library Association (ALA) has announced that it will join the Library 2.012 Worldwide Virtual Conference again as a partner. During the event, projected as a global conversation on the current and future state of libraries and celebration of innovation, ALA staff and members will… Read More
Elsevier partners with edX offering interactive study via the web - September 26, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced plans to provide free content through edX, the online learning initiative founded by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Students who enroll in edX's course 6.002X: Circuits and Electronics will have free access to an online version… Read More
