Digital Science invests in robotic cloud laboratory, Transcriptic - November 21, 2016
Transcriptic Inc., a robotic cloud laboratory for life sciences, has announced the closing of a $13.4 million Series A-1 investment. The new funding was led by Data Collective, along with new investors Digital Science and WuXi AppTec. Existing investors, including AME Cloud… Read More
Molecule Synthesis now made easier by Wiley’s ChemPlanner - November 21, 2016
Wiley ChemPlanner is an award winning organic chemistry tool that is used to plan the synthesis of a new compound. The web application for the ChemPlanner platform facilitates the bridging of the distinct but complementary functions such as predicting the chemical reaction pathways and building synthetic pathways from existing… Read More
Cochrane Library iPad edition presents up-to-date evidence from Cochrane Library - November 21, 2016
The Cochrane Library iPad edition presents the latest up-to-date evidence from the Cochrane Library in a convenient, easy to navigate format which provides users with relevant, accessible research, when they need it, from the leading experts in evidence-informed health care. The monthly issues feature a… Read More
Eastern Michigan University Library becomes first institution to integrate Alma and Summon - November 18, 2016
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that Eastern Michigan University (EMU) is adopting the Ex Libris Alma® library management service to replace the university library's Voyager® integrated library system, which EMU has been using for nearly 20 years. EMU, which runs the ProQuest Summon®… Read More
U-M Library and Knowledge Unlatched survey to focus on the scalability of OA monographs in the humanities and social sciences - November 18, 2016
In June 2016 the University of Michigan Library (U-M Library) and Knowledge Unlatched (KU) began a collaboration 'to study and overcome remaining obstacles to the spread of Open Access (OA) scholarly publishing in the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS).' One of the products of this partnership… Read More
American Doctoral Dissertations now includes 80,000 new citations from 1902 to present and links to full text - November 18, 2016
American Doctoral Dissertations™, a free database made available by EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO), OhioLINK, H.W. Wilson Foundation and the Congregational Library & Archives in Boston, now offers greater coverage of 20th century research and access to full text. The enhanced American Doctoral Dissertations, accessible at
