Utica College selects eBooks on EBSCOhost - November 9, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that Utica College has chosen eBooks on EBSCOhost to grow its e-book collection. The college was looking to expand its electronic collection and although they looked at other e-book vendors, the site's familiarity and positive experience… Read More
Educational institutions partner with Pearson to adopt EQUELLA digital repository - November 9, 2012
Pearson, a US-based provider of educational content and services, has announced that institutions are choosing the EQUELLA digital repository to easily identify, manage and provide shared access to high quality course content that enhances the learning experience for students, improves outcomes and helps to support accreditation… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education’ LearnSmart surpasses one million student users - November 9, 2012
McGraw-Hill Education, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., US, has announced that LearnSmart has surpassed one million student users since the product launched in fall 2009. The announcement was made at the 2012 EDUCAUSE conference being held from November 6-9 in Denver. In 2012,… Read More
National Library of Medicine launches Web content collecting initiative - November 9, 2012
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has launched a Web content collecting initiative. The Library is selecting Web content as part of its mission to collect, preserve, and make accessible the scholarly biomedical literature as well as… Read More
Transitioning of ArchiveGrid database from subscription service to free service currently underway - November 9, 2012
Library information provider OCLC Research, US, has announced that work is currently underway to transition the ArchiveGrid database of archival collection descriptions from a subscription service to a free service on a new interface developed and managed by the organisation. A beta version of the… Read More
Thomson Reuters expands InCites platform, transforms scientific literature analysis - November 8, 2012
The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters shared plans for the future of its InCites analytics platform at two recent user forums, in Europe and Australia, respectively. Attendees were the first to hear that InCites will become the main environment for all Thomson Reuters analytic… Read More
