IMLS revamps Museums, Libraries, and 21st Century Skills initiative web page - April 16, 2012
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has revamped its Museums, Libraries, and 21st Century Skills initiative web page. Museums and libraries visiting the page will now be able to access practitioner videos, a PowerPoint presentation, an updated resource list, and a toolkit that will… Read More
Thomson Reuters improves measurement of Universities’ performance with new data on faculty size, reputation, funding and citation measures - April 13, 2012
The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced the availability of 138 percent more performance indicators and nearly 20 percent more university data within Institutional Profiles, the company’s online resource covering more than 500 of the world’s leading academic research institutions. This new… Read More
EBSCO Publishing announces new addition to its Collection of Digital Archives - April 13, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced the release of the latest database in its Historic Digital Archive Collection, The African American Historical Serials Collection. Developed in conjunction with the American Theological Library Association (ATLA), this digital collection includes African American periodicals, annuals and… Read More
Amazon Web Services launches Amazon CloudSearch, a fully managed and highly scalable search service - April 13, 2012
Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS), part of US-based online retailer Amazon.com, has introduced Amazon CloudSearch, a new service that allows customers to easily integrate a fast, fully managed and highly scalable search functionality into their applications. Developers simply create a search domain,… Read More
figshare and CLOCKSS announce preservation deal - April 13, 2012
The CLOCKSS Archive has announced that it has partnered with figshare to preserve their data in CLOCKSS's geographically and geopolitically distributed network of redundant archive nodes, located at 12 major research libraries around the world. By archiving with CLOCKSS, figshare seeks to ensure that their… Read More
ScienceIndex.com adds Industrial Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Sciences categories - April 13, 2012
ScienceIndex.com, a Web 2.0 sciences social network, has announced that it has added two new categories - Industrial Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Sciences. While the Industrial Engineering category covers the design, improvement, and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, and equipment, the Mechanical Engineering category… Read More
