ProQuest expands full-text searching of ebrary titles in Summon Discovery service - November 8, 2012
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, is boosting the visibility of e-books in library collections by providing for the full text of an additional 400,000 e-books to be discovered and accessed as part of a broad search of library holdings. The initiative to improve… Read More
Scope eKnowledge Center to exhibit at Online Information 2012 - November 7, 2012
Scope eKnowledge Center, a leading provider of content enhancement and knowledge services, will be exhibiting at the forthcoming Online Information 2012, scheduled for November 20 – 21, 2012, at the Victoria Park Plaza, London. Online Information 2012 will play host to hundreds of information professionals, librarians,… Read More
‘BMC Medicine’ study describes increasing prevalence of open access publishing - November 5, 2012
The sixth annual Open Access Week was recently held, and BioMed Central organised a number of events around the world to spread the word. A study published in BMC Medicine at the start of the Open Access Week showed how open access (OA) publishing is becoming… Read More
Summon Suggestions to enrich Summon discovery service with automated and contextual research assistance - November 1, 2012
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has launched Summon Suggestions, a suite of features designed to enrich the Summon discovery service with automated and contextual research assistance that will lead users to better research outcomes. These features bring together a unique blend of librarian knowledge, community collaboration… Read More
The Stage Media Company adopts leading customer insight system to drive customer engagement - November 1, 2012
The Stage Media Company has adopted DataSalon's MasterVision service in order to help develop their marketing efforts. MasterVision has integrated data from different areas of The Stage Media Company's business including subscriptions, events, dating and jobs. All the source data has been fully merged and de-duplicated… Read More
ASA 2013 conference programme announced - November 1, 2012
The Association of Subscription Agents and Intermediaries has announced its programme for the upcoming annual ASA Conference, to be held in London on February 25-26, 2013. The conference, dubbed 'The 3 Rs: Reach, Readership and Revenues', will cover the publishing value chain from researchers to readers,… Read More
