OCLC signs up more publishers to expand content on WorldCat Local - June 25, 2012
OCLC, a US-based nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organisation, has signed new agreements with global publishers and has added a list of new collections to WorldCat Local. The OCLC discovery and delivery service offers users integrated access to more than 969 million items. … Read More
O’Bleness Memorial Hospital has selected its ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support - June 22, 2012
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that O’Bleness Memorial Hospital has selected its ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support, software as its electronic order set solution. ProVation Order Sets is an easily customisable order set authoring and management… Read More
SAGE releases SAGE Knowledge platform for eBook delivery - June 22, 2012
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the launch of SAGE Knowledge: the ultimate social sciences online library. Launch demonstrations and trials will be available at the forthcoming ALA conference in Anaheim. Launching with more than 2,500 titles, SAGE Knowledge includes an expansive range of SAGE eBook… Read More
Allen Press offers mobile optimisation for its online journal hosting platform, Pinnacle - June 21, 2012
Publishing services provider Allen Press, Inc., US, is offering mobile optimisation for its online journal hosting platform, Pinnacle. Pinnacle for Mobile enables publishers to present content attractively across all major mobile platforms while controlling access from the institution out to the end users and their devices.… Read More
Cengage Learning and National Geographic Society announce extended agreement to create additional library products - June 21, 2012
Gale, part of Cengage Learning, and the National Geographic Society, a non-profit scientific and educational organisation, have announced an extended agreement to create additional library products as part of a new product suite, National Geographic Virtual Library. Earlier this year, Gale announced the National Geographic… Read More
Elsevier, CAE offer simulation technology for health science curriculums - June 21, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and CAE Healthcare, a medical simulation and healthcare learning solutions provider, have announced a new electronic nursing education solution to be made available in July. The new offering features evidence-based scenarios fully-programmed for CAE's METI line of human patient simulators, including an… Read More
