IEEE 802.3-2012 Standard for Ethernet expands to address new markets - September 6, 2012
Technical professional organisation IEEE, US, has announced the approval of IEEE 802.3 2012 "Standard for Ethernet." IEEE 802.3 defines wired connectivity for Ethernet local area, access and metropolitan area networks around the world. It defines the physical (PHY) and media access control (MAC) layers of Ethernet… Read More
Thomson Reuters completes MarkMonitor acquisition with US regulatory clearance - September 5, 2012
The Intellectual Property (IP) & Science business of Thomson Reuters, US, has officially completed the acquisition of MarkMonitor following regulatory clearance in the US. MarkMonitor, an online brand protection technology, is projected to strengthen the broad portfolio of IP solutions from Thomson Reuters, resulting in a… Read More
OCLC and Europeana agree on approach for member libraries to contribute metadata to Europeana.eu portal - September 5, 2012
Library information provider OCLC, US, and Europeana, the provider of Europe's digital library, have worked together on an approach that will enable OCLC member institutions to contribute metadata derived from OCLC's WorldCat database to the Europeana.eu portal in a manner that is consistent with OCLC's WorldCat… Read More
De Gruyter to integrate Luxid into its primary online portal, De Gruyter Online - September 5, 2012
TEMIS, a US-based provider of Semantic Content Enrichment Solutions for the Enterprise, and academic publishing house De Gruyter have announced a major license and services agreement. With semantic content enrichment developing into mainstream technology for the information industry, De Gruyter made the strategic decision to… Read More
Serials Solutions’ Summon service expands discovery of Chinese content, adds academic content from CALIS - September 4, 2012
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has announced that the Summon service has further expanded its discovery of Chinese content with the addition of academic content from CALIS, the China Academic Library and Information System. The new agreement allows the Summon Service to include abstracting and… Read More
Wyoming Community Colleges select Ex Libris’ Primo solution to provide unified search experience - September 4, 2012
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced the selection of the Primo discovery and delivery solution, bX Recommender, and SFX link resolver by Wyoming Community Colleges. Wyoming joins other states including Virginia, Florida, Hawaii, and Wisconsin where community colleges have adopted Primo statewide.… Read More
