EBSCO Publishing releases Humanities Source - November 7, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has released Humanities Source, a comprehensive resource for the Humanities field. The bibliographic and full-text database was developed from a merger of high-quality databases from EBSCO Publishing and H.W. Wilson, and includes many unique sources that were never… Read More
ProQuest project with TAMU Scholars to train OCR tech to read early modern fonts - November 7, 2012
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has participated in a project that is expected to vastly accelerate research of 15th through 17th Century cultural history. The company will provide access to page images from the veritable Early English Books Online and newcomer Early European Books… Read More
UBM DeusM and UBM Electronics launch The Connecting Edge - November 7, 2012
UBM DeusM, the integrated marketing services arm of UBM, and UBM Electronics, the daily source of essential business and technical information for the design engineering and electronics industry's decision makers, have launched The Connecting Edge, a new online… Read More
Seventy two institutions join beta programme for cloud-based learning object repository from Blackboard - November 7, 2012
Enterprise technology and innovative solutions provider Blackboard Inc., US, has announced that seventy two institutions have joined the company in a beta programme for xpLor, a cloud-based learning object repository that will be the industry's first to support multiple learning management systems (LMS). The beta is… Read More
Pearson announces Project Blue Sky, a cloud-based content service - November 7, 2012
Pearson, a US-based provider of educational content and services, has announced Project Blue Sky, a cloud-based, content service that provides instructors with easy access to Open Educational Resources (OER). Pearson is partnering with Silicon Valley non-profit Gooru, a search engine for learning materials, and will leverage… Read More
National Library of Poland and OCLC in deal to add 1.3 million records to WorldCat - November 7, 2012
Library information provider OCLC, US, and the National Library of Poland (Biblioteka Narodowa) have signed an agreement to add 1.3 million Polish library records to WorldCat. WorldCat claims to be the world's largest resource for discovery of library materials and increasing the visibility of these collections… Read More
