OCLC and Sabinet partner to transform resource discovery and delivery in South African libraries - October 31, 2011
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, has signed an agreement with Sabinet, its partner in South Africa. The deal is to provide WorldCat Local, OCLC's discovery service, as a single point of access and delivery of electronic, print and digital resources to the National Library of South… Read More
Thomson Reuters launches intelligence solution for pharmaceutical industry - October 28, 2011
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced the launch of Thomson Reuters Cortellis, a competitive intelligence solution for the life sciences industry. The solution seeks to bring together the company's best-in-class drug research and development data and the latest information management technology. The aim is… Read More
BMJ Group in deal with Orion Health to support better patient care - October 28, 2011
Medical publisher BMJ Group and Orion Health have successfully completed the integration of evidence based decision support within Orion Health's clinical software. Orion Health provides clinical workflow and integration technology for the healthcare sector. The guidance, provided by Best Practice, the BMJ Evidence Centre's reference… Read More
Future Science Group launches new series of eBook collections - October 28, 2011
Publisher Future Science Group (FSG), UK, has launched a new series of eBook collections under the Future Medicine imprint. FSG publishes more than fifty journal titles, including the Expert Review series. In the first instance, fifty eBooks are being released onto the market through late 2011… Read More
Sigma Theta Tau International launches new library repository - October 28, 2011
Sigma Theta Tau International, the organisation which seeks to offer all nurses worldwide online access to nursing information that can be easily utilised and shared, has announced the launch of its new library repository. Built in conjunction with BioMed Central's Open Repository,… Read More
Royal Society announces free access to its journal archive - October 27, 2011
The Royal Society, the UK's national academy of science, has announced that its historical journal archive has been made permanently free to access online. Around 60,000 historical scientific papers are accessible via a fully searchable online archive, with papers published more than 70 years ago now… Read More