Australian government renews national licence to access Cochrane Library - August 29, 2012
The Cochrane Library, an online resource published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, on behalf of the Cochrane Collaboration, is seen to benefit Australian patients and their healthcare practitioners for better health decisions. The Cochrane Library is stated to feature over 5,000 published systematic reviews… Read More
OCLC completes beta testing of WorldShare Interlibrary Loan service - August 29, 2012
Library information provider OCLC, US, has announced that it has completed beta testing of the new OCLC WorldShare Interlibrary Loan service and is moving forward with an 18-month phased migration to the new service. The new service is scheduled to replace WorldCat Resource Sharing in 2013… Read More
DuraSpace/ARL/DLF E-Science Institute invites programme participants - August 29, 2012
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), US, has announced that this is the final week to register for the 2012 DuraSpace/ARL/DLF E-Science Institute programme. There are just a few openings still available for the programme, which runs from September 6 through December 13, 2012. The… Read More
Accelrys unveils latest version of ELN Symyx Notebook - August 29, 2012
Accelrys, Inc., a US-based provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management software, has announced the latest release of its enterprise electronic laboratory notebook (ELN), Symyx Notebook by Accelrys. The ELN is said to offer a new multidimensional scientific spreadsheet for use in planning, executing and tracking a… Read More
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins set to publish Inflammatory Bowel Diseases journal - August 28, 2012
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, and the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America, Inc. (CCFA) have announced an agreement to publish the journal Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Effective with the January 2013 issue, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health,… Read More
SPARC and the World Bank to co-sponsor Open Access Week 2012 kick-off webcast - August 28, 2012
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and the World Bank have announced they will co-sponsor the kick-off event for Open Access Week 2012 on October 22, 2012, in Washington, DC. The live event will take place at the state of the art World Bank… Read More