OCLC publishes bibliographic linked data for most widely held works in WorldCat - August 16, 2012
OCLC, a US-based non-profit, membership, computer library service and research organisation, has published bibliographic linked data for the most widely held works in WorldCat. This downloadable file - representing nearly 1.2 million resources - contains about 80 million linked data 'triples,' the term for the most… Read More
LWW announces enhancements to Lippincott’s Nursing Advisor online point-of-Care reference - August 15, 2012
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has incorporated several evidence-based content enhancements to Lippincott’s Nursing Advisor, an online clinical decision-support solution used by nurses in hospitals and other healthcare institutions. Key upgrades include the establishment a dedicated paediatric specialty… Read More
Totally and BMJ Evidence Centre announce strategic partnership for shared decision making programme - August 15, 2012
Totally, the AIM quoted digital health and technical solutions company, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with the BMJ Evidence Centre, part of the BMJ Group, to assist the Company in the delivery of the £1.6 million national NHS Shared Decision Making contract that Totally secured… Read More
University library of Skövde selects WorldCat Local - August 10, 2012
OCLC, a US-based non-profit, membership, computer library service and research organisation, has announced that the University library of Skövde has selected WorldCat Local as its new discovery service. University library of Skövde is the first university library in Sweden to use OCLC's integrated solution for discovery… Read More
University of Chicago Press and OUP partner to launch Chicago Scholarship Online via OUP’s UPSO platform - August 9, 2012
The University of Chicago Press has reportedly announced an agreement with Oxford University Press to launch Chicago Scholarship Online via OUP’s University Press Scholarship Online (UPSO) platform. Chicago becomes the second major American university press to sign on to OUP’s e-book platform,… Read More
American Library Association releases ‘Ebook Business Models for Public Libraries’ report - August 9, 2012
The American Library Association (ALA) has released 'Ebook Business Models for Public Libraries (PDF),' a report that describes general features and attributes of the current e-book environment and outlines constraints and restrictions of current business models. The report, which was created by the ALA Digital Content… Read More
