EBSCO sponsors scholarship to 2012 Charleston Conference - July 16, 2012
Information services provider EBSCO is sponsoring a $1,000 scholarship for a qualifying librarian or paraprofessional to attend the 32nd Annual Charleston Conference: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition. The event is scheduled for November 7-10, 2012, in Charleston, S.C. In keeping with the conference’s 2012 theme,… Read More
The Institution of Engineering and Technology set to launch new Digital Library - July 16, 2012
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has announced plans to further expand its digital offering with a significantly redeveloped and enhanced Digital Library. The new Digital Library, developed on Publishing Technology’s pub2web platform, is designed to improve the speed and ease with which academic and… Read More
European Research Council joins UK PubMed Central - July 16, 2012
The European Research Council (ERC), one of Europe’s biggest funders of scientific research, has announced that it will be joining UK PubMed Central (UKPMC), the online information service which provides biomedical and health researchers free access to millions of resources at the touch of a button.… Read More
EBSCO Publishing’s DynaMed chosen as primary point of care resource for NHS Scotland’s Knowledge Network - July 13, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that NHS Education for Scotland has selected DynaMed as its preferred point of care resource for all NHS Scotland staff and students. NHS Education’s Knowledge Network had offered DynaMed, as well as other point of… Read More
e-Libro to make e-books discoverable via OCLC’s WorldCat catalogue - July 13, 2012
E-Libro, a provider of Spanish language e-books delivered on the ebrary platform, has announced that all its e-books will soon be discoverable through OCLC's WorldCat, which is projected as the world's largest library catalogue. WorldCat is a database of bibliographic information built continuously for over 40… Read More
Three new publishers announce participation in CLOCKSS’ digital preservation archive - July 13, 2012
The CLOCKSS Archive has announced the participation of three new publishers in its digital preservation archive. The publishers are: NRC Research Press, Manchester University Press and Orbit: Writing Around Pynchon. The NRC Research Press began as the publishing arm of the National Research Council of… Read More
