Authors Guild case against Google and its Library Project dismissed - November 26, 2013
On November 14, Judge Denny Chin of the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that the digitisation of millions of books from research library collections was a fair use and dismissed the Authors Guild case against Google and its Library Project, saying that the project "advances the progress… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health convenes expert panel to explore impact of evidence-based medicine on Canada’s healthcare system - November 25, 2013
Wolters Kluwer Health, a global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, brought together a panel of distinguished physician administrators from Canada's leading healthcare institutions for a series of regional seminars that explored the impact of evidence-based medicine on the country's healthcare system. Entitled 'Advancing… Read More
IHS content indexed in the Summon discovery service to include IHS Jane’s modules and databases - November 25, 2013
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, is working with IHS Inc. to expand IHS content indexed in the Summon discovery service to include IHS Jane's modules and databases. With the inclusion of metadata and full text from the IHS Jane's content sets in the Summon index, researchers… Read More
WorldCat Metadata API powers new enhancements in latest MarcEdit release - November 25, 2013
MarcEdit, the popular free library metadata software suite, includes new functionality that will give OCLC member libraries the ability to contribute and enhance their bibliographic and holdings data within WorldCat while using MarcEdit. The new functionality will provide catalogers with a new way to interact with… Read More
UA Libraries join HathiTrust - November 25, 2013
The University of Alabama has become one of the latest partners of Hathitrust, a partnership of major academic and research libraries collaborating in a digital library initiative to preserve and provide access to the published record in digital form. Launched in… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health launches new HTML5 web application within ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support - November 22, 2013
Wolters Kluwer Health, a global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, has announced the launch of an enhanced web application within its leading clinical content management solution, ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support. Built using HTML5 technology, the improved user interface provides… Read More
