EBSCO Publishing releases new e-book subscription collection for public libraries - February 1, 2013
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has released its latest e-book subscription collection focused on the needs of public library patrons. eBook Public Library Collection includes over 25,000 general reference e-book titles in a variety of subjects and topics including social sciences, language and literature… Read More
Elsevier and NWO announce collaboration with 5 year access agreement to Reviewer Finder and Scopus - February 1, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), have announced their collaboration with a 5 year access agreement to Elsevier's Reviewer Finder and Scopus, which will further improve NWO’s assessment process of research grant applications. As a leading research funding council in… Read More
WALDO selects Books at JSTOR programme for demand-driven acquisition model - January 31, 2013
JSTOR and WALDO (the Westchester Academic Library Directors Organisation) have announced an agreement that enables WALDO member libraries to participate in the Books at JSTOR through both outright book purchases as well as a demand-driven acquisition (DDA) programme. WALDO - the membership organisation that counts… Read More
New titles to be added to British Academy Publications Online - January 31, 2013
Academic publisher Oxford University Press and the British Academy for the humanities and social sciences have announced that the British Academy Publications Online (BAPO) will be updated with 28 new titles on January 31, 2013. British Academy Publications Online is an online… Read More
Scripps Health selects ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support - January 30, 2013
Information services provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that Scripps Health 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 solution… Read More
ProQuest to digitise 70,000 volumes from BnF’s collection of European books as part of Early European Books programme - January 29, 2013
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) in Paris are joining forces to expand access to the Library's rich historical treasures. As part of its Early European Books programme, ProQuest will digitise about 70,000 volumes from BnF's collection of… Read More
