JISC project with Learning Registry on social media tech for educational content - November 9, 2011
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has announced that the nation will participate in a global experiment based on the social media technology behind Twitter and Facebook. The project seeks to find out how the social activity around online educational content can be captured and… Read More
Serials Solutions announces enhancements to 360 management services - November 8, 2011
Serials Solutions, a business unit of the US-based ProQuest LLC, has announced enhancements to its 360 Counter, 360 Resource Manager and 360 Consortium Edition management services. The enhancements improve the management, workflow and assessment of a library's collection of electronic resources, enabling staff to realise even… Read More
Houston Healthcare to deploy UpToDate-powered ProVation Order Sets - November 4, 2011
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that Houston Healthcare has selected ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support, as the electronic order set solution at Houston Medical Center and Perry Hospital. ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support, is an… Read More
EBSCO Publishing expands corporate research solutions collection, releases Business Source Corporate Plus - November 4, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has expanded its collection of corporate research solutions with the release of Business Source Corporate Plus (BSC+). By providing detailed corporate information plus the latest business news and trends to corporations worldwide, Business Source Corporate Plus delivers what… Read More
Nature Publishing Group and Digital Science announce integration of ReadCube’s web reader tool with nature.com - November 3, 2011
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, and Digital Science, a division of Macmillan Publishers Ltd., have announced the integration of ReadCube's web reader tool with nature.com. The web reader tool is currently available to personal subscribers and site license users on Nature and 18 Nature… Read More
DuraSpace launches open-source cloud service, DuraCloud - November 3, 2011
DuraSpace, a US-based not-for-profit organisation dedicated to preserving the world’s scholarly, scientific and cultural records, has announced the launch of its managed cloud service, DuraCloud. DuraCloud is projected as the only managed software service that lets organisations archive content across more than one cloud provider.… Read More
