Elsevier announces completion of Kyoto University’s study on research activities and competencies at universities across Japan - March 6, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the completion Kyoto University's study on research activities and competencies at universities across Japan. The study was based on analyses of data driven from Elsevier's multidisciplinary abstract and citation database, SciVerse Scopus. Measuring the effect of the Japanese government's… Read More
OCLC and Bibliotheek.nl sign agreement to include complete collections of Dutch public libraries in shared cataloguing system - March 5, 2012
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, and Bibliotheek.nl, the organisation of Dutch public libraries, have signed an agreement to include the complete collections of public libraries in the GGC, the Dutch shared cataloguing system. The agreement to include collections of Dutch public libraries, signed during the OCLC… Read More
The University of Connecticut Libraries implement Serials Solutions’ Summon service - March 2, 2012
Serials Solutions, a business unit of the US-based ProQuest LLC, has announced that the University of Connecticut Libraries has selected the Summon service to enable users to quickly and efficiently discover content in the libraries vast collection. With the largest public research collection in the… Read More
OCLC in deal with publishers to add more content and collections to WorldCat Local - February 27, 2012
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, has signed new agreements with leading publishers worldwide and has added important new content and collections to WorldCat Local, the OCLC discovery and delivery service that offers users integrated access to more than 922 million items. WorldCat Local offers access… Read More
Images from Bridgeman Education now searchable via EBSCO Discovery Service - February 24, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced a new partnership with Bridgeman Education allowing images from Bridgeman Education's extensive collection to be searched within EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). The agreement will add metadata from the Bridgeman Education collection into the Base Index of… Read More
Cairn.info content now available via Ex Libris’ Primo Central index - February 23, 2012
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that Cairn.info has joined the rapidly expanding group of information providers whose scholarly content is searchable in the Primo Central Index. The Cairn.info platform contains top French, Belgian, and Swiss academic journals in the fields… Read More
