SPEC Survey webcast on Accessibility and Universal Design - May 10, 2018
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is offering a series of webcasts that present the findings from the latest SPEC surveys and allow webcast participants to discuss trends with the survey authors. A 45-minute webcast will follow the publication of each SPEC Kit in 2018. … Read More
Chinese full text English translations are now enhanced in Derwent Innovation - May 9, 2018
China continues to grow in importance both as a global market and as a source of the majority of the world's patent information. In 2017, 2.66 million Chinese patent documents were published (0.97 million utility model patents, 1.27 million invention patent applications and 0.42 million granted invention patents). Access to… Read More
NLM partners with Adam Matthew Digital to complete Medical Services and Warfare Digitization Project - May 9, 2018
The National Library of Medicine's History of Medicine Division recently worked with Adam Matthew Digital, a digital publisher of unique primary source collections from archives around the world, to digitise more than 12,000 pages of manuscripts from 15 collections held by the NLM. The NLM… Read More
Fondazione Biblioteca Europea di Informazione e Cultura selects Ex Libris Rosetta and Alma solutions - May 9, 2018
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the Fondazione Biblioteca Europea di Informazione e Cultura (European library of information and culture, or BEIC) has selected the Ex Libris Alma® library services platform and Rosetta digital asset management and preservation solution to more effectively manage the… Read More
ASAM e.V. and SAE International sign memorandum of understanding for future collaboration - May 9, 2018
ASAM e.V. and SAE International have entered into a cooperative partnership to develop and provide standards for the automotive industry. The partnership aims to improve engineering processes and to make workflows more efficient. Duplicative standards are costly and counterproductive. In order to avoid that, both organisations… Read More
Public libraries in Norway to add records of collections to WorldCat through Norwegian Library Center - May 9, 2018
The Norwegian Library Center (Biblioteksentralen SA) has selected OCLC to enable public libraries in Norway to load records of their collections into WorldCat, the comprehensive database of information about library collections. The Norwegian Library Center is a public cooperative owned by 416 municipalities, 15 counties,… Read More
