OCLC and Credo Reference in deal to integrate WorldCat Search API into Credo General Reference service - July 15, 2011
Computer library service and research organisation OCLC, US, and online reference service Credo Reference have signed an agreement to integrate the WorldCat Search API into the Credo General Reference service, their flagship content application. With this new agreement, OCLC member libraries that subscribe to the… Read More
Blackboard partners with John Wiley & Sons to integrate learning content and tools with Blackboard Learn - July 14, 2011
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, and enterprise technology and innovative solutions provider Blackboard Inc have announced a new global partnership. The deal will enable institutions running the Blackboard Learn platform to seamlessly access Wiley’s rich collection of learning content and tools, including the online… Read More
Atypon exceeds 11 million articles hosted by Literatum - July 13, 2011
Atypon, a provider of software to the publishing and media industry, has announced that the Literatum publishing platform is now used to host more than 11 million articles. Atypon passed 10 million articles hosted by Literatum seven months ago. The growth is driven primarily by… Read More
OCLC adds more databases and collections to WorldCat Local discovery service - July 13, 2011
Computer library service and research organisation OCLC, US, has signed agreements with leading publishers and other content providers from around the world to add more databases and collections to WorldCat Local, its OCLC discovery service. WorldCat Local offers users integrated access to more than 800 million… Read More
Selection from papers of Dr. Clarence Dennis added to Profiles in Science website - July 11, 2011
The US' National Library of Medicine (NLM), part of the National Institutes of Health, has announced the release of an extensive selection from the papers of surgeon Dr. Clarence Dennis on the Library's Profiles in Science website. Dr. Dennis (1909-2005) had developed… Read More
Touch Group launches new clinical portal, touchinfectiousdisease.com - July 8, 2011
Medical and health sciences media and communications firm Touch Group plc, UK, has announced the launch of a new clinical portal, touchinfectiousdisease.com The new portal is driven by the content from leading review journal European Infectious Disease. It will serve as an authoritative free-to-access resource that… Read More
