O’Reilly’s Tools of Change announces speakers for TOC 2013 conference - January 21, 2013
O'Reilly's Tools of Change for Publishing has announced that leaders in digital publishing will gather at the TOC 2013 conference in New York City on February 12-14, for the seventh edition of the event. Chairs Kat Meyer and Joe Wikert have added more speakers to… Read More
ARL to host Library Assessment Forum at ALA Midwinter Meeting - January 21, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) will host a Library Assessment Forum at the upcoming ALA Midwinter Meeting, featuring LibValue research conducted at the University of Tennessee. The forum will be held on January 25, 2013, from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. in the Sheraton Seattle’s Ravenna… Read More
French group offers comments on EC recommendations on OA publication - January 21, 2013
The European Commission had issued a recommendation encouraging the Member States to make necessary arrangements to disseminate publicly funded research through open access (OA) publication, as soon as possible, preferably immediately and in any case within 6 or 12 months after the date of publication, depending… Read More
OCLC in deal with more publishers worldwide to add e-book metadata to WorldCat - January 21, 2013
Library information provider OCLC, US, has signed new agreements with leading publishers around the world to add more e-book metadata to WorldCat, a comprehensive online database of resources available through libraries worldwide. This new WorldCat metadata will be integrated into library management workflows using OCLC's cataloguing… Read More
ebrary closes 2012 with more than 100 new publishers signed - January 21, 2013
ebrary, a ProQuest business, is celebrating a pair of significant achievements as 2013 gets underway. This year marks the 10th anniversary of its flagship product, Academic Complete, a scholarly e-book subscription collection, now used in thousands of university libraries worldwide. The anniversary comes as the company… Read More
Centra Health selects WK Health’s ProVation Medical Software for cardiology procedure documentation and coding - January 18, 2013
Information services provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that Centra Health has selected its ProVation Medical software for cardiology procedure documentation and coding in its cardiac catheterisation labs. ProVation software replaces dictation/transcription and streamlines the coding and billing process. Unlike cardiovascular information… Read More
