Knovel continues to expand its content collections, adds five new publishing partners - May 8, 2012
Knovel, provider of a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced the addition of five new publishing partners. With this initiative, Knovel will seek to expand its content collections to meet demand across several industries. Knovel’s new publishing partners provide… Read More
Ex Libris endorses global open metadata initiatives - May 8, 2012
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that it will include the Harvard Library's catalogue records in the Ex Libris Alma Community Catalog, and Harvard's Digital Access to Scholarship (DASH) article repository in the Primo Central Index of scholarly content. Endorsing the… Read More
Ingram Content Group launches new ipage search and order platform - May 8, 2012
Ingram Content Group, US, has launched its new comprehensive ipage search and order platform. Created collaboratively with users, the newly designed site includes intuitive navigation, enhanced search and browsing options, and additional customisation options that make finding, organising and discovering new products easy for booksellers… Read More
National Library of Medicine announces ‘Tropical Disease Motion Pictures’ - May 8, 2012
The National Library of Medicine, a component of the National Institutes of Health, has produced a new digital collection, Tropical Disease Motion Pictures. The collection comprises 46 titles from the Library's collections that illustrate the battle against tropical disease. The… Read More
Authors Guild accuses Google of hurting millions of authors with Library project - May 7, 2012
A group representing authors in a copyright case reportedly slammed Google in court last week, saying the company's book-scanning project had hurt millions of authors whose works had been digitised. The Authors Guild is seeking class-certification status for its claims case in… Read More
Metadata from millions of OA catalogue records from Harvard Library now available via EBSCO Discovery Service - May 7, 2012
Database and e-books aggregator EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced that the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset is now available via EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). EBSCO Discovery Service users will now be able to search millions of Harvard Library catalogue records in the Base Index of EDS. The… Read More
