World Scientific and Nobel Media sign new memorandum of agreement to publish Nobel Lectures Series (2006–2010) - December 11, 2013
STM Publisher World Scientific has announced the signing of a new memorandum of agreement with the Nobel Foundation to publish the latest series of Nobel Lectures in all subjects - physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, economic sciences and literature - from 2006 to 2010. World Scientific… Read More
Global healthcare stakeholders want standards-based interoperability and communications, says IEEE-SA - December 11, 2013
Tens of billions of dollars a year reportedly slip through the cracks in interoperability and connectivity among medical devices in the United States alone, but it now appears there exists new interest to close those gaps in the global web of healthcare, says the IEEE Standards… Read More
OCLC library data now supplementing Yelp.com listings to improve public access to library information - December 11, 2013
OCLC, the non-profit computer library service and research organisation, is working with Yelp, a website and mobile app that connects consumers with great local businesses, to increase public access to local library information. Yelp is integrating information from the database of library listings maintained through… Read More
RSuite CMS 4 now powered by MarkLogic 7 - December 11, 2013
RSuite CMS, a content management system for publishers, is now powered by MarkLogic 7, the industry's leading Enterprise NoSQL database. RSuite CMS 4 provides an entirely new user experience through an intuitive user interface that minimises actions required to execute complex searches across an entire… Read More
University of Houston selects Ex Libris Discovery solutions - December 10, 2013
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the University of Houston (UH) has selected the Primo discovery and delivery solution and the SFX OpenURL link resolver. After defining the library's long-term requirements and evaluating a number of commercial options, the university library -… Read More
Chemical Abstracts Service and PerkinElmer collaborate to enhance efficiency of researchers’ workflows - December 10, 2013
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), the world's authority for chemical information, and PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, have announced a collaboration to combine the power of two leading chemistry solutions - SciFinder and ChemBioDraw. The… Read More
