OCLC releases executive summary on Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives and Museums - April 24, 2012
Library information provider OCLC Research, US, has released the third report that completes the Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives, and Museums report series. The executive summary is said to provide a high-level overview of all three reports. In the first report, the 21-member Social Metadata… Read More
More than 20,000 individual Springer titles now available on Apple’s iBookstore - April 24, 2012
STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media has announced one of the largest scientific, technical and medical (STM) book collections on the iBookstore with more than 20,000 individual Springer titles. Cornerstone works in disciplines like mathematics, medicine and engineering are now available, along with selections in other fields… Read More
AAP and AEP to co-produce new all-industry annual conference - April 24, 2012
The School Division of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and the Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) have partnered to produce a new all-industry annual conference. ‘Content in Context,’ scheduled for June 3-6 in Washington, DC, claims to be the industry’s largest annual gathering. Combining… Read More
MuseGlobal and Infor Library and Information Solutions collaborate to offer libraries a mobile search platform - April 20, 2012
Metasearch technology provider MuseGlobal, Inc., US, and Infor Library and Information Solutions have announced their collaboration to offer libraries a custom mobile search platform. Through this collaboration, Infor Library and Information Solutions will offer MuseGlobal's mobile search interface within the NOW mobile solution, providing mobile access… Read More
American Society of Hematology releases Blood journal app for iPhone and iPad - April 20, 2012
The American Society of Hematology (ASH), an organisation concerned with the causes and treatment of blood disorders, has released the Blood journal app for iPhone and iPad. Blood is the official journal of the Society and the most cited peer-reviewed publication in the field. By… Read More
Nature Publishing Group announces mobile-optimisation for its journals on nature.com - April 19, 2012
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced mobile-optimisation for a number of its journals on nature.com. Nature, Nature Climate Change, Nature Communications and Scientific Reports now offer complete mobile-optimised versions of their websites, designed for use in web browsers on 'small screen' devices like… Read More
