New Syracuse University Library website launches with Serials Solutions Summon service - August 3, 2012
Syracuse University Library has launched its new website highlighting the Summon web-scale discovery service from Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business. Librarians expect the search solution to improve access to the library's vast collection. Students and staff will experience simplified discovery of many types of resources across… Read More
ARL joins LCA members and EFF in amicus brief supporting Google Book Settlement - August 3, 2012
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) recently joined other members of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) - the American Library Association (ALA) and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) - and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) to file a friend of the court brief… Read More
EBSCO offers expanded access to eBooks on EBSCOhost via GOBI3 interface - August 3, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, and YBP Library Services, the academic division of Baker & Taylor, have expanded the EBSCO eBook models that are available in YBP's acquisition and collection development interface, GOBI3. Librarians who manage their e-book collections through GOBI3 now have additional… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education acquires math teaching tech provider Key Curriculum - August 3, 2012
McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., US, has announced the acquisition of Key Curriculum, a privately held developer of mathematics learning technology in the K-12 and higher education markets. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition of Key Curriculum… Read More
Pharmacy OneSource to hold webinar on screening of drug-resistant organisms - August 2, 2012
Software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider Pharmacy OneSource, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that it is hosting a complimentary webinar, titled ‘Best Practices in MDRO Screening and Control’, with Dr. Richard A. Van Enk. Infections caused by multidrug-resistant organisms are perceived to be serious problems… Read More
CCC’s Director of Data Systems elected Vice Chair of the NISO Board of Directors for 2012-13 - August 2, 2012
Licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), US, has announced that its director of Data Systems, Heather Reid, has been elected Vice-Chair of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) Board of Directors for 2012-13 and will become Chair for 2013-14. Reid currently serves as… Read More
