Springer releases white paper on determining RoI on e-books for libraries - June 25, 2012
Scientific publisher Springer, Germany, has released a new white paper in partnership with Publishers Communication Group (PCG), titled Scholarly eBooks: Understanding the Return on Investment for Libraries. It explores how libraries might determine the value of e-books, and why it is important to do so. … Read More
American Psychological Association’s PsycTESTS to be available via EBSCOhost - June 25, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, and the American Psychological Association (APA) have expanded their partnership to allow PsycTESTS to be available via EBSCOhost. The PsycTESTS database provides descriptive summaries, full text and relevant citations on the development and assessment of tests and measures… Read More
OCLC signs up more publishers to expand content on WorldCat Local - June 25, 2012
OCLC, a US-based nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organisation, has signed new agreements with global publishers and has added a list of new collections to WorldCat Local. The OCLC discovery and delivery service offers users integrated access to more than 969 million items. … Read More
The BMJ Group and the Ministry of Health in Brazil partner to provide Best Practice to clinicians across the country - June 25, 2012
Medical information provider The BMJ Group, UK, has announced a major new partnership with the Ministry of Health in Brazil. Under the deal, the BMJ Group will provide its evidence based clinical decision support tool, Best Practice, to 350,000 clinicians across the country. The partnership… Read More
e-Libro announces new mobile apps powered by ebrary - June 25, 2012
Virtual Spanish Language Publisher e-Libro has announced that more than 48,000 Spanish-language e-books are available on millions of smart phones, tablets, and other devices using ebrary's dedicated iOS and Android apps with Spanish language interfaces. A long-time partner of ebrary, a ProQuest business, e-Libro has been… Read More
O’Bleness Memorial Hospital has selected its ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support - June 22, 2012
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that O’Bleness Memorial Hospital has selected its ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support, software as its electronic order set solution. ProVation Order Sets is an easily customisable order set authoring and management… Read More
