Summon service expands STM content via pact with CRCNetBase, BCS, SAE International - January 12, 2012
Serials Solutions, a business unit of US-based ProQuest LLC, has announced three new strategic content agreements. The move is seen to help its Summon service to continue to expand its comprehensive coverage of STM (Scientific, Technical, and Medical) content in the Summon unified index. CRCNetBase,… Read More
National Library of France selects EBSCO Discovery Service as its library discovery solution - January 11, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BNF), the National Library of France, has selected the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) as its library discovery solution. BNF had been looking to modernise its aging information system and… Read More
TEMIS and American Society for Microbiology sign license and services agreement - January 11, 2012
TEMIS, a US-based provider of Semantic Content Enrichment Solutions for the Enterprise, has signed a license and services agreement with the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). To serve its 40,000 members better, ASM is completely revamping its online content offering, and aggregating all of its… Read More
Credo Reference eBook collections and titles now offered via SwetsWise - January 11, 2012
Online reference service provider Credo Reference, US, has announced a new partnership with information services company, Swets, Netherlands. Under the deal, Swets will incorporate Credo Reference with over 1,500 reference works from more than 80 of the world's best reference publishers… Read More
OCLC and SkillSoft work together to add records for Books24x7 digital book catalogue to WorldCat - January 10, 2012
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, is working with SkillSoft, a SaaS provider of e-learning and performance support solutions for global enterprises, government and education, to add records for the Books24x7 digital book catalogue to WorldCat. WorldCat claims to be one of the world’s most comprehensive databases… Read More
Safari Books Online acquires Threepress Consulting - January 10, 2012
Safari Books Online, an on-demand digital library for technology, digital media and business professionals, has acquired US-based Threepress Consulting Inc, makers of the Ibis Reader online EPUB reading system. The acquisition, which was completed on January 1, 2012, further enhances Safari Books Online's capability to deliver… Read More
