Royal Society of Chemistry announces new Chemical Sciences Repository - October 8, 2013
The Royal Society of Chemistry has announced a new subject-based repository that will make it easier for researchers to find and share relevant journal articles and data from a single point of access. The initial release will provide an article repository as a central… Read More
Ex Libris and NewsBank in deal to add Readex content to the Primo Central Index - October 8, 2013
Library technology solutions provider Ex Libris Group has signed an agreement with NewsBank to include a number of the Readex Archive of Americana collections in the Primo Central Index. Offered as a cloud-based service to institutions around the globe, the Primo Central Index gives users… Read More
Two-day conference highlights growing interest in using art to train physicians - October 8, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the Art + Medicine: How Art Can Make Better Doctors conference. Co-sponsored by Jefferson Medical College and Elsevier, the conference is scheduled to be held from November 2-3, 2013, at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. It coincides with the annual meeting… Read More
Serials Solutions Summon Service to index educational content from Flooved.com - October 7, 2013
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, is working with new platform Flooved to make their growing collection of textbooks discoverable in the Summon service. With the inclusion of these educational course materials, students will now be able to discover mathematics and physics content contributed by professors from… Read More
W3C Workshop Report: Publishing and the Open Web Platform - October 4, 2013
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has published the final report of the 'Workshop on the Publishing and the Open Web Platform' that was held September 16-17, 2013, in Paris. The W3C Workshop in Paris was the third in a series of industry consultation events… Read More
Serials Solutions to index Turkish e-book database Hiperkitap in the Summon discovery service - October 3, 2013
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, is working with Hiperlink Egitim Iletisim to index the first and only Turkish e-book database Hiperkitap, in the Summon discovery service. With the inclusion of full text and accompanying metadata in the Summon index, researchers will now be able to discover… Read More
