A new fine chemical propels CAS REGISTRY cross the 75 million mark - November 12, 2013
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), the world's authority for chemical information, registered its 75 millionth small molecule. CAS REGISTRY, traditionally known for providing access to substances reported in the literature back to the early 1800s, now contains this substance identified in a chemical catalogue. In addition to… Read More
Elsevier announces addition of new content types to Mosby’s Nursing Consult - November 12, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the addition of new content types to Mosby's Nursing Consult. The latest edition will be available in early November, along with an enhanced mobile app for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android. New content has been added for diseases and disorders,… Read More
HathiTrust announces intention to become a DPN replicating node - November 12, 2013
HathiTrust recently announced its intention to become a 'replicating node' in the Digital Preservation Network, contingent upon acceptable terms and conditions for doing so. HathiTrust is one of five institutions or consortia that have been collaborating over the past year to… Read More
Jisc and Ex Libris announce collaboration to support UK academic libraries - November 11, 2013
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has entered into a collaborative agreement with Jisc to help academic libraries manage their e‑resources. The collaboration will improve library efficiency by continually updating data from Jisc's Knowledge Base+ (KB+) to the KnowledgeBase of the… Read More
Qatar National Library signs agreement with Springer for eBooks and journals - November 5, 2013
STM publisher Springer and the Qatar National Library (QNL) have signed a groundbreaking agreement for access to eBooks and electronic journals on Springer's platform SpringerLink. The national license entitles Qatar to use one of the largest scientific, technical and medical eBook collections in the world. … Read More
Portico reaches major milestone, more than 25 million articles preserved - November 5, 2013
Digital preservation specialist Portico has reached a major milestone preserving 25 million journal articles - and counting - through its E-Journal Preservation Service. The articles represent content from more than 287,000 volumes and over one million journal issues. This is a significant milestone for Portico… Read More
