HeBIS-Verbund of the Hessian Library Information System in Germany selects EBSCO Discovery Service from EBSCO Publishing - April 25, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced that HeBIS-Verbund in Germany has selected its EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) to provide fast and simple access to more content. HeBIS-Verbund created and runs the Hessian library information system (HeBIS) - an electronic information and service network… Read More
Thomson Reuters announces definitive agreement to sell Healthcare Business to Veritas Capital - April 24, 2012
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Healthcare business to an affiliate of Veritas Capital for $1.25 billion in cash. The sale is subject to regulatory approval and customary closing conditions, including the… Read More
The European Library Collections and Europeana now discoverable via the Summon Service - April 24, 2012
Serials Solutions, a business unit of the US-based ProQuest LLC, has announced that its Summon Web-scale Discovery service, in cooperation with the Conference of European National Librarians (CENL), will make the vast collections of The European Library and Europeana discoverable in the Summon unified index. … Read More
OCLC releases executive summary on Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives and Museums - April 24, 2012
Library information provider OCLC Research, US, has released the third report that completes the Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives, and Museums report series. The executive summary is said to provide a high-level overview of all three reports. In the first report, the 21-member Social Metadata… Read More
More than 20,000 individual Springer titles now available on Apple’s iBookstore - April 24, 2012
STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media has announced one of the largest scientific, technical and medical (STM) book collections on the iBookstore with more than 20,000 individual Springer titles. Cornerstone works in disciplines like mathematics, medicine and engineering are now available, along with selections in other fields… Read More
Wolters Kluwer in strategic alliance with China Publishing Group Corporation - April 23, 2012
Global information services company Wolters Kluwer, Netherlands, recently welcomed a Chinese delegation with representatives of prominent institutions in Chinese publishing. CEO Nancy McKinstry met with Tan Yue, President of China Publishing Group Corporation (CPGC), Yu, President of Commercial Press, and other executives to discuss their shared… Read More
