Mobile phone reading on the rise in the US and UK, says Publishing Technology study - October 8, 2014
An increasing number of people are now using their mobile phones to read ebooks, a survey by Publishing Technology has revealed. The survey of 3,000 consumers across the US and UK found that 43 percent have read an ebook, or part of an ebook, on… Read More
Frankfurt Book Fair 2014 begins - October 8, 2014
This year the Frankfurt Book Fair began with a very thought provoking conference organised by the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM) on October 7. Cathy Wolfe President & CEO, Medical Research, Wolters Kluwer, keynote speech began with an… Read More
CAS and Obiter Research collaborate to provide SciFinder to scientists at Obiter Research - October 8, 2014
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), the world's authority for chemical information, has announced a collaboration with Obiter Research, a custom contract chemical research and manufacturing company. Under the deal, CAS will provide SciFinder, the choice for chemistry research, for the Obiter research staff,… Read More
Elsevier adds five new subject areas to its Legacy eBook Collection on ScienceDirect - October 7, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has added five new subject areas to its Legacy eBook Collection on ScienceDirect. The Legacy Collection consists of digitised, classic scholarly book content, now including nearly 13,000 books. The new subject areas are arts and humanities; computer science; economics, econometrics and finance; immunology… Read More
SUNYConnect implements EBSCO Discovery Service - October 7, 2014
SUNYConnect, a New York library system of public institutions of higher education, has implemented EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) from EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) as its discovery solution provider. SUNYConnect is an entity of the State University of New York (SUNY) and the… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health adds new component to Lippincott Advisor that addresses Sentinel Events - October 7, 2014
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health has added a new component to Lippincott Advisor that addresses Sentinel Events and is designed to help nurses step-up their role in helping to reduce incidence of these adverse patient outcomes in hospitals and other institutions. This new feature provides… Read More
