Elsevier announces new enhancement to SciVal Strata - June 14, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has added a new enhancement to SciVal Strata, a web-based performance evaluation tool that allows users to conduct highly customised performance assessments of research teams and individual researchers. The new functionality provides the capacity for objective assessment of a specific selection… Read More
Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II in Italy selects EBSCO Discovery Service - June 14, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II in Italy has selected EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) as its discovery tool. The library had been looking to increase the usage of electronic resources among researchers and students… Read More
CQ Press in deal with Credo Reference to include 40 titles in Credo Publisher and Subject Collections - June 13, 2012
Reference databases provider Credo Reference, US, has announced that CQ Press is the latest publisher to join Credo Reference with an agreement to include 40 of their most sought-after titles in Credo Publisher and Subject Collections. According to the company, apart from attracting new publishers… Read More
Apabi’s collection of Chinese e-book content now searchable via Summon web-scale discovery service - June 11, 2012
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business unit, has announced an agreement with Beijing Apabi Technology Co. Ltd., (Apabi), a digital publishing technologies and services provider. The deal is to enable the discovery of Apabi’s vast collection of Chinese e-book content in the Summon web-scale discovery service. … Read More
German library consortium’s union catalogue now fully searchable via Primo Central - June 7, 2012
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that the German library consortium Gemeinsamer Bibliotheksverbund (Common Library Network, or GBV) will now offer its users online access to its extensive union catalogue via the Primo Central Index of scholarly e-content. Comprising over 34… Read More
EBSCO Publishing releases EBSCO Discovery Service API, makes it easier for libraries to create custom discovery solution - June 6, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced the release of EBSCO Discovery Service API (EDS API), representing the new standard for comprehensive content and an array of intricate software features and functionality. EDS API enables libraries to use their own portals or website… Read More
