MarkLogic executive to address Carahsoft Government Big Data Forum in Washington D.C. - March 6, 2012
Data analytics products firm MarkLogic Corporation, US, has announced that its Public Sector Chief Technology Officer, Chris Biow, will be a panelist at the 2nd annual Carahsoft Government Big Data Forum on March 6 in Washington D.C. Biow will describe MarkLogic capabilities to leverage the value… Read More
Elsevier announces completion of Kyoto University’s study on research activities and competencies at universities across Japan - March 6, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the completion Kyoto University's study on research activities and competencies at universities across Japan. The study was based on analyses of data driven from Elsevier's multidisciplinary abstract and citation database, SciVerse Scopus. Measuring the effect of the Japanese government's… Read More
Baker & Taylor to make nearly 100,000 original Smashwords ebooks available to Blio readers - March 5, 2012
Baker & Taylor, Inc., a distributor of digital and physical books, together with K-NFB Reading Technology, developer of the Blio e-reading application, have announced a distribution agreement with indie ebooks distributor Smashwords. The deal will bring nearly 100,000 independently-published ebooks to the Blio store. Blio… Read More
OAPEN announces new service for Open Access monographs – Directory of Open Access Books - March 5, 2012
Open Access Publishing in European Networks (OAPEN) has announced new service for Open Access monographs called the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB). DOAB will provide a searchable index to peer-reviewed monographs and edited volumes published under an Open Access business model, with links to the… Read More
OCLC and Bibliotheek.nl sign agreement to include complete collections of Dutch public libraries in shared cataloguing system - March 5, 2012
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, and Bibliotheek.nl, the organisation of Dutch public libraries, have signed an agreement to include the complete collections of public libraries in the GGC, the Dutch shared cataloguing system. The agreement to include collections of Dutch public libraries, signed during the OCLC… Read More
The University of Connecticut Libraries implement Serials Solutions’ Summon service - March 2, 2012
Serials Solutions, a business unit of the US-based ProQuest LLC, has announced that the University of Connecticut Libraries has selected the Summon service to enable users to quickly and efficiently discover content in the libraries vast collection. With the largest public research collection in the… Read More
