Elsevier launches Procedures Consult app for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch - December 6, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that its new Procedures Consult App for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch is now available on the App Store. The app allows for procedure videos, illustrations and text to be stored on a user's iOS device with customised user interfaces.… Read More
Kindle Direct Publishing now available for the Amazon.es Kindle Store - December 5, 2011
Amazon.es has announced that authors and publishers will now be able to make their books available in the Amazon.es Kindle Store (www.amazon.es/kindle) using Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) (http://kdp.amazon.es). Amazon.es is a trading name for Amazon EU S.à.r.l., Amazon… Read More
American Institute of Physics and Publishing Technology partner to develop next generation Scitation - December 1, 2011
AIP Publishing, a division of the American Institute of Physics (AIP), has announced a partnership with UK-based publishing-specific software solutions provider Publishing Technology plc to build the next generation of AIP's Scitation, scheduled for launch in the fourth quarter of 2012. The new custom platform… Read More
‘Trials’ unveils Update articles to facilitate rapid publication of revisions - December 1, 2011
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that the journal Trials has introduced a new way for investigators to ensure that their clinical trials can be updated with important amendments to study protocols or new research findings. 'Update' articles will give researchers the ability to… Read More
OCLC partners with King Abdulaziz Public Library to make Arabic-language resources available via WorldCat.org - December 1, 2011
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, has added more than 1.2 million brief bibliographic records to WorldCat.org for materials held by Arab libraries, records that represent the complete catalogue of the Arabic Union Catalog (AUC) maintained in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Each record from the AUC in WorldCat.org… Read More
ProQuest signs French national agreement for access to Early English Books Online - November 30, 2011
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, and the Bibliographic Agency for Higher Education (ABES) in France have signed a new national licence agreement. The deal will enable all research and educational institutions throughout France and French territories to access Early English Books Online (EEBO). … Read More
