Springer releases white paper on determining RoI on e-books for libraries - June 25, 2012
Scientific publisher Springer, Germany, has released a new white paper in partnership with Publishers Communication Group (PCG), titled Scholarly eBooks: Understanding the Return on Investment for Libraries. It explores how libraries might determine the value of e-books, and why it is important to do so. … Read More
ProQuest adopts DataSalon’s MasterVision to drive results - June 25, 2012
Customer insight solutions provider DataSalon, UK, has announced that information provider ProQuest has adopted its MasterVision service to provide customer insight and to drive customer engagement through better understanding of new customers and markets. This brings together a wide variety of data for individual library, institutional… Read More
American Psychological Association’s PsycTESTS to be available via EBSCOhost - June 25, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, and the American Psychological Association (APA) have expanded their partnership to allow PsycTESTS to be available via EBSCOhost. The PsycTESTS database provides descriptive summaries, full text and relevant citations on the development and assessment of tests and measures… Read More
The BMJ Group and the Ministry of Health in Brazil partner to provide Best Practice to clinicians across the country - June 25, 2012
Medical information provider The BMJ Group, UK, has announced a major new partnership with the Ministry of Health in Brazil. Under the deal, the BMJ Group will provide its evidence based clinical decision support tool, Best Practice, to 350,000 clinicians across the country. The partnership… Read More
OCLC signs up more publishers to expand content on WorldCat Local - June 25, 2012
OCLC, a US-based nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organisation, has signed new agreements with global publishers and has added a list of new collections to WorldCat Local. The OCLC discovery and delivery service offers users integrated access to more than 969 million items. … Read More
eLife calls for submissions for its new OA journal - June 25, 2012
eLife, the new funder-researcher collaboration in science communication, has announced that it is currently accepting submissions for its new journal. The open-access ‘eLife’ journal will be the keystone in the initiative’s efforts to lead change in scientific publishing. The 'eLife' journal is set for launch at the end of 2012.… Read More
