Worldwide media tablets sales to reach 119 million units in 2012, says Gartner report - April 11, 2012
Technology research firm Gartner, Inc., US, has released a report, according to which, worldwide media tablet sales to end users are forecast to total 118.9 million units in 2012. This is a 98 percent increase from 2011 sales of 60 million units. Gartner's detailed market… Read More
Registrations for JCDL 2012 now open - April 11, 2012
Library information provider OCLC Research, US, has officially endorsed the 12th ACM/IEEE-Computer Society Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL 2012). JCDL 2012 is a major international forum focusing on digital libraries and associated technical, practical, organisational, and social issues. JCDL encompasses the many meanings of… Read More
EBSCO Publishing unveils collection management tool for libraries - April 11, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced the launch of the new EBSCOhost Collection Manager (ECM). ECM is projected to make it easier for library staff to search for e-books and audio books and add them to their collections. ECM can be used… Read More
Elsevier launches ClinicalKey to bring fast, trusted and comprehensive medical content to clinicians - April 11, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced ClinicalKey, the next generation of online clinical information resources. ClinicalKey draws answers from the largest collection of clinical resources, covering every medical and surgical specialty - eliminating physicians’ reliance on less accurate sources. ClinicalKey's content includes more than 700… Read More
University of Texas at Austin Libraries to deploy Serials Solutions’ Summon service to improve discovery - April 10, 2012
Serials Solutions, a business unit of the US-based ProQuest LLC, recently announced that the University of Texas at Austin Libraries has selected its Summon service to provide improved discovery of the library’s vast collection of more than 8 million volumes, hundreds of thousands of unique electronic… Read More
FirstHealth of the Carolinas selects Thomson Reuters’ Integration Discovery for clinical interoperability - April 10, 2012
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that FirstHealth of the Carolinas has selected its Integration Discovery to provide clinical interoperability across its healthcare system. FirstHealth is a private, not-for-profit healthcare system located in Pinehurst, NC, which operates three hospitals and several outpatient healthcare facilities,… Read More
