UAE University gains access to Elsevier’s SciVal research management solutions and Scopus - July 31, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier has announced its collaboration with United Arab Emirates University by providing the university with access to Elsevier's SciVal research management solutions and Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. Built on Elsevier's 130-year heritage in the world of research,… Read More
UC Davis Library joins Google Book Digitisation project - July 30, 2013
The UC Davis Library has become the 6th UC site to participate in the Google project, joining NRLF, UCSC, UCSD, UCLA, and UCSF. In June 2013, the UC Davis Library began sending public domain (out-of- copyright) books and journals to be digitised as part of UC's… Read More
NISO publishes fifth edition of Metrics Data Dictionary for Libraries and Information Providers - July 30, 2013
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced the publication of the fifth edition of the standard ANSI/NISO Z39.7, Information Services and Use: Metrics and Statistics for Libraries and Information Providers – Data Dictionary. The purpose of the Z39.7 Data Dictionary is to assist the… Read More
Platts launches Light Houston Sweet assessment to reflect US crude fundamentals - July 29, 2013
Energy and metals information provider Platts, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., US, has announced that it will publish a new daily oil price assessment – Platts Light Houston Sweet – that reflects the value of light sweet crude flowing from inland domestic production centers… Read More
New Thomson Reuters CompuMark whitepaper outlines strategies for effective brand expansion in China - July 26, 2013
Thomson Reuters CompuMark, a Thomson Reuters Intellectual Property & Science business and global leader in trademark searching and brand protection solutions, has released a whitepaper outlining best practices for companies to file and protect trademarks in China. The new paper, 'Best Practices for Brand Expansion in… Read More
EBSCO and Casalini Libri in deal to add Torrossa Collections to EBSCO Discovery Service - July 26, 2013
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and Casalini Libri have developed a new partnership enabling content from Casalini Libri's extensive Torrossa.it platform to be searched within EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). Casalini Libri is a supplier of European books, journals, digital content and bibliographical data to… Read More
