University library of Skövde selects WorldCat Local - August 10, 2012
OCLC, a US-based non-profit, membership, computer library service and research organisation, has announced that the University library of Skövde has selected WorldCat Local as its new discovery service. University library of Skövde is the first university library in Sweden to use OCLC's integrated solution for discovery… Read More
IMS Health and Ford Motor Company launch enhanced Allergy Alert smartphone app - August 10, 2012
IMS Health, a US-based provider of information, services and technology for the healthcare industry, in collaboration with Ford Motor Company, has launched an enhanced Allergy Alert smartphone application. The app is accessible on the Ford SYNC in-car mobile device connectivity system, enabling drivers to obtain real-time,… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education and Time To Know partner to develop digital teaching platform for K-12 schools - August 10, 2012
McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., US, has announced an exclusive licensing agreement with educational innovator Time To Know to develop an all-digital, data-driven differentiated teaching and learning platform for one-to-one computing classrooms. This partnership will combine McGraw-Hill Education's proven content and educational… Read More
CERN to display Large Hadron Collider, Divine Particle at Frankfurt Book Fair - August 9, 2012
Book and media fair Frankfurt Book Fair has announced that researchers from European atomic research organisation CERN will participate in this year's event from October 10-14. The researchers, using the largest particle accelerator in the world, the LHC - Large Hadron Collider, are seeking to go… Read More
University of Chicago Press and OUP partner to launch Chicago Scholarship Online via OUP’s UPSO platform - August 9, 2012
The University of Chicago Press has reportedly announced an agreement with Oxford University Press to launch Chicago Scholarship Online via OUP’s University Press Scholarship Online (UPSO) platform. Chicago becomes the second major American university press to sign on to OUP’s e-book platform,… Read More
American Library Association releases ‘Ebook Business Models for Public Libraries’ report - August 9, 2012
The American Library Association (ALA) has released 'Ebook Business Models for Public Libraries (PDF),' a report that describes general features and attributes of the current e-book environment and outlines constraints and restrictions of current business models. The report, which was created by the ALA Digital Content… Read More
