CHORUS adds public access flag to search results - June 27, 2016
Finding publicly accessible content just got a little easier with the addition of a new functionality to the CHORUS search beta results to indicate whether or not an article is publicly accessible, or when it will be made available if known. Every article in the… Read More
New community-based open source environment to provoke conversation about library innovation and technology - June 27, 2016
Libraries and service providers have come together to reshape the future of libraries and develop new technologies. The new initiative, FOLIO, provides a platform for libraries, service providers, and other organisations to team up to redefine library automation via open source projects. The goal is to… Read More
Ex Libris continues to improve library productivity with mobile app – Alma Mobile - June 27, 2016
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that its Alma library management service now enables librarians to access Alma from anywhere, using a mobile device. It is expected that the Alma Mobile will significantly improve libraries’ operational efficiency. Librarians can now access task lists and… Read More
Frontline becomes only medical publisher to complete database audit of 810,000 HCPs - June 27, 2016
Frontline Medical Communications (FMC), a leader in digital, print and live events, recently completed an audit of its database, the only medical publisher to have an audit of this type. BPA Worldwide, an independent, third-party, using widely accepted auditing procedures, conducted an examination and verification… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - June 27, 2016
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Roger C. Schonfeld (Rethinking Authentication, Revamping the Business); Joseph Esposito (Libraries May Have Gotten the Privacy Thing All Wrong); Hrynaszkiewicz (Progress on pragmatic sharing of clinical data); Julia Himmrich (How should academics interact with policy makers? Lessons on building a… Read More
Semantic Web journal gets its first Impact Factor - June 24, 2016
IOS Press, an independent international publisher of English-language scientific, technical and medical (STM) journals and books, has announced the first Impact Factor for its Semantic Web journal. According to the 2015 Journal Citation Reports® (JCR) released by Thomson Reuters © 2016, the newcomer enters the… Read More
