The Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges opts for Ex Libris Alma and Primo - July 10, 2015
Ex Libris Group, a global provider of SaaS solutions for libraries and higher education, has announced that the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) has selected the Ex Libris Alma® resource management solution, and the Ex Libris Primo® discovery and delivery solution. Alma… Read More
Brazil’s Hospital Metropolitano Sul Dom Helder Câmara opts for UpToDate Anywhere clinical decision support - July 6, 2015
Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced that the Hospital Metropolitano Sul Dom Helder Câmara (HDH) in Brazil is launching UpToDate® Anywhere mobile clinical decision support on the occasion of the hospital's fifth anniversary. … Read More
Emerald Group Publishing and Portico extend relationship to preserve e-books - July 6, 2015
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing is extending its relationship with Portico to preserve its e-books in the Portico archive. With this move, Emerald seeks to ensure that their e-book content will be secure and available into the future. Established in 1967,… Read More
The BMJ becomes first general medical journal to require data sharing for all submitted trials - July 2, 2015
The BMJ, a weekly peer-reviewed medical journal, requires sharing of individual patient data for all clinical trials, effective July 1, 2015. This means that trials will be considered for publication only if the authors agree to make the relevant anonymised patient level data available on reasonable… Read More
APA makes content available to libraries through EBSCO eBooks - July 1, 2015
The American Psychological Association (APA) is making its e-books available to libraries on the EBSCO eBooks™ platform. The agreement with EBSCO Information Services gives libraries cost-effective access to in-demand psychology, behavioural sciences and social sciences titles. At launch, 300 scholarly and… Read More
Chemical Abstracts Service registers 100 millionth chemical substance in CAS REGISTRY - June 30, 2015
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), the world's authority for chemical information, has registered the 100 millionth chemical substance in the CAS REGISTRY, in the 50th anniversary year of the world's largest database of unique chemical substances. With a steady increase in patenting activity around the globe, it… Read More
