Mike Walsh, Rosalind Picard to give keynote addresses at DESIGN East event - August 10, 2012
UBM Electronics, a US-based provider of media and marketing solutions for the design engineering and the electronics industry, has announced that Mike Walsh and Prof. Rosalind Picard will deliver keynote addresses at DESIGN East, a design engineering conference and exhibition to be held in Boston in… Read More
IMS Health and Ford Motor Company launch enhanced Allergy Alert smartphone app - August 10, 2012
IMS Health, a US-based provider of information, services and technology for the healthcare industry, in collaboration with Ford Motor Company, has launched an enhanced Allergy Alert smartphone application. The app is accessible on the Ford SYNC in-car mobile device connectivity system, enabling drivers to obtain real-time,… Read More
University library of Skövde selects WorldCat Local - August 10, 2012
OCLC, a US-based non-profit, membership, computer library service and research organisation, has announced that the University library of Skövde has selected WorldCat Local as its new discovery service. University library of Skövde is the first university library in Sweden to use OCLC's integrated solution for discovery… Read More
Mississippi Library Commission opts for WebJunction Partner Program - August 9, 2012
The Mississippi Library Commission has joined the WebJunction Partner Program to provide library staff in Mississippi with access to training resources through WebJunction. The aim is to keep skills up-to-date and help libraries respond to current patron needs. WebJunction-Mississippi is a new service for the… Read More
New InformationWeek resource to help technology professionals harness opportunities around Big Data - August 9, 2012
Business technology professionals looking to unlock business value that big data provides now have a new resource called InformationWeek's Big Data, Big Decisions. Enterprises are grappling with the challenge of how to manage and leverage vast amounts of data from an ever-expanding array of sources,… Read More
ORCID spells out structure of 16-digit identifier - August 9, 2012
ORCID, an international, interdisciplinary, open and not-for-profit organisation, recently revealed information on what an ORCID identifier looks like. The ORCID ID is a 16-digit number that is compatible with the ISO Standard (ISO 27729), also known as the International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI). Initially, ORCID… Read More
