Registrations now open for HathiTrust Research Center UnCamp 2013 - August 15, 2013
HathiTrust has announced that registration is open until August 31 for the second annual HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC) UnCamp, to be held September 8–9, 2013, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. HathiTrust is a partnership of major academic and research libraries that are collaborating to… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health introduces two specialised mobile apps of Lippincott’s Nursing Drug Handbook - August 15, 2013
Information and point-of-care solutions provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has introduced two specialised mobile applications of Lippincott's Nursing Drug Handbook, the best-selling drug reference for nurses. Designed for use with iPad and iPhone, these apps are the industry's first electronic references for nurses to focus on… Read More
ALCTS announces series of four webinars on Massive Open Online Courses - August 14, 2013
The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) is offering a series on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) as libraries and librarians carefully watch them develop. This series of four webinars will help librarians gain an understanding of the complexity of the MOOC 'movement,' learn… Read More
Thomson Reuters’ new industry forum whitepaper on unlocking the value of research data - August 14, 2013
The volume of scholarly and scientific research data available is projected to grow by a factor of 44 over the decade from 2010 to 2020, going from 0.8 zetabytes (ZB) to more than 35 ZB (1 ZB = 1 trillion gigabytes). In response to this unfathomable amount of information, the… Read More
Call for speakers for 29th annual Computers in Libraries now open - August 13, 2013
Information Today, Inc., a key provider of technology conferences for more than thirty years with Internet Librarian and KMWorld, has announced that call for speakers for the 29th annual Computers in Libraries is now open. The annual Computers in Libraries conference claims to be the most… Read More
Google joins e-textbook movement, rolls out textbook section for Google Play - August 13, 2013
Internet search services provider Google has reportedly joined the e-textbook movement, rolling out a textbook section for Google Play. It joins the ranks of Barnes & Noble and Amazon, which have long offered e-textbooks for sale, and rent. Available to Android… Read More
