OCLC unveils WorldShare Metadata functionality for improved management of e-resources - September 14, 2012
Library information provider OCLC, US, has introduced a new OCLC WorldShare Metadata collection management functionality. This is projected to offer more efficient ways for libraries to manage electronic resources and improve user access to valuable collections. WorldShare Metadata collection management automatically delivers WorldCat MARC records… Read More
Ex Libris’ Primo Central Index to cover metadata from research data published by Australian National Data Service - September 13, 2012
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has reached an agreement with the Australian National Data Service (ANDS) to syndicate the metadata of the research data that ANDS stores and makes accessible to researchers. This agreement is part of the Ex Libris initiative to expand… Read More
IEEE and The MIT Press partner to deliver new eBooks collection via IEEE Xplore digital library - September 12, 2012
Technical professional organisation IEEE, US, has partnered with The MIT Press to offer access to a special selection of computing and engineering eBooks as part of the IEEE Xplore digital library. The MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)… Read More
Brazilian Ministries of Health and Education provide over 900,000 healthcare professionals with access to DynaMed - September 12, 2012
The Brazilian Ministries of Health and Education have made evidence-based clinical reference DynaMed available to more than 900,000 healthcare professionals throughout the country. The ministries, in a partnership with the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), the Brazilian Federal Agency for the Support… Read More
Gale to preserve two more collections with Portico - September 11, 2012
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced the addition of two Gale Digital Collections – Nineteenth Century Collections Online and National Geographic Magazine Archive, 1888-1994 to Portico’s D-Collections Service. Portico has already preserved more than 1,380,000 objects and 83,000,000 files from 14 Gale Collections… Read More
Edinburgh University Press and Boydell & Brewer set to join University Publishing Online - September 11, 2012
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press, UK, has announced the addition of over 450 scholarly titles to University Publishing Online, from two of the UK's prestigious academic presses - Edinburgh University Press and Boydell & Brewer. Launched in October 2011, by Cambridge University Press, University Publishing… Read More
