Serials Solutions Ulrichsweb service among Library Journal’s Best of 2011 - December 15, 2011
Serials Solutions, a business unit of the US-based ProQuest LLC, has announced that its Ulrichsweb service has been named runner-up in the 'Greatest Usability Revamp' category in Library Journal's Best Databases 2011 list. Two years of research and development, along with the contributions of library partners… Read More
Micromedex Mobile Drug Information App makes it to WIRED App Guide listing - December 15, 2011
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that its Micromedex Mobile Drug Information App has been included in the first-ever WIRED App Guide to 400 Essential Apps in the 'My Favorite Apps, The Physician' review section. The publication, in an effort to provide mobile… Read More
Thieme Teaching Assistant now features full-colour images from Thieme’s physiology and pharmacology titles - December 15, 2011
STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has announced that 'Thieme Teaching Assistant,' a web-based platform for teachers and students, launched in 2008, now contains full-colour images from three of Thieme's bestselling physiology and pharmacology titles. 'Thieme Teaching Assistant Physiology' includes 200 full-colour images from Physiology-An… Read More
BMHMC integrates Thomson Reuters’ Micromedex Clinical Decision Support and CareNotes System Patient Education - December 14, 2011
Information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that the Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center (BMHMC) has successfully completed integration of Micromedex CareNotes into the hospital's Siemens Soarian Clinicals platform in order to improve workflow efficiency and patient education standardisation. The Micromedex integrated CareNotes solution provides… Read More
American Society of Civil Engineers selects Atypon’ Literatum publishing platform for new digital library - December 14, 2011
Atypon, a provider of software to the professional and scholarly publishing industry, has announced that the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has selected its Literatum publishing platform to power the next generation of the ASCE Library. Founded in 1852, ASCE represents more than 140,000… Read More
UNESCO endorses IFLA Manifesto for Digital Libraries - December 14, 2011
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has endorsed the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Manifesto for Digital Libraries at its General Conference 2011. The Manifesto provides principles to assist libraries in undertaking sustainable and interoperable digitisation activities to bridge the… Read More
