Baker & Taylor upgrades digital media platform to include EPUB and PDF formats - October 9, 2012
Baker & Taylor, a distributor of digital and physical books, has released an upgrade to its popular Axis 360 digital media platform. New options allow library patrons to check out ebooks on e-readers compatible with EPUB and PDF formats, such as NOOK, Sony Reader and Kobo… Read More
ACCUCOMS and RINGGOLD sign representation deal - October 9, 2012
ACCUCOMS, a Netherlands-based provider of sales and marketing services to scholarly and society publishers, has signed a contract with RINGGOLD for exclusive representation for territories outside the UK and North America. This is the first such partnership between ACCUCOMS and another provider of publisher services. … Read More
IET President moots open access for SMEs to IP created by UK universities - October 8, 2012
Professor Andy Hopper, an academic, innovator and serial entrepreneur, has called on the UK government to give small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) open access to the intellectual property (IP) created in UK universities. He has been named the new President of Europe's largest professional society for engineers and technicians,… Read More
University of Florida and the University of Miami libraries sign MoU to create a shared collection - October 8, 2012
The University of Florida and the University of Miami have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create the Collaborative Academic Library Collection. The Collaborative Academic Library Collection is a shared collection that will be housed in Gainesville for long-term preservation and retention of low use… Read More
ClinicalTrials site updated to include new style and content, plus easier navigation - October 8, 2012
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), a medical library and a component of the US' National Institutes of Health (NIH), has announced a new integrated homepage and updated graphic design for its ClinicalTrials.gov database. Users will now have access to new and reorganised content about clinical… Read More
The Charlesworth Group to represent Henry Stewart Talks in Mainland China - October 8, 2012
The Charlesworth Group has announced that Henry Stewart Talks, the UK producer of the Biomedical and Life Sciences Collection, has appointed the company to represent them in Mainland China. The collection of specially prepared, online, animated, audio-visual lectures by world leading scientists (including many Nobel… Read More
