Gartner predicts greater employee use of social media sites for corporate IAM - March 6, 2012
Technology research firm Gartner, Inc., US, has announced that fewer than 30 percent of large organisations will block employee access to social media sites by 2014, compared with 50 percent in 2010. The number of organisations blocking access to all social media is dropping by around… Read More
OCLC and Bibliotheek.nl sign agreement to include complete collections of Dutch public libraries in shared cataloguing system - March 5, 2012
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, and Bibliotheek.nl, the organisation of Dutch public libraries, have signed an agreement to include the complete collections of public libraries in the GGC, the Dutch shared cataloguing system. The agreement to include collections of Dutch public libraries, signed during the OCLC… Read More
JISC, Cardiff University unveil tool to assess e-resource usage - March 2, 2012
The UK’s JISC and Cardiff University’s information services directorate have launched a new tool, called Raptor, which allows people to assess the popularity and use of e-resources. The aim is to help them continue to deliver value for money. According to Eileen Brandreth, director of… Read More
Elsevier/Gold Standard to be exclusive distributor of new price type, Predictive Acquisition Cost - March 1, 2012
Drug database provider Elsevier/Gold Standard, US, has announced an agreement with Glass Box Analytics to become the exclusive distributor of a new price type, Predictive Acquisition Cost (PAC). Glass Box Analytics represents a strategic joint venture between Pathria Analytics LLC and ChainDrugStore.net. Together they bring advanced… Read More
Thomson Reuters Cortellis drives drug discovery and development with new web services - February 29, 2012
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced the availability of Cortellis for Informatics, a new capability that speeds access to critical life sciences research and development information found on its premiere life sciences platform, Thomson Reuters Cortellis. Cortellis for Informatics uses sophisticated application programming… Read More
EBSCO Publishing adds new ‘Company View’ feature to Business Source Complete - February 29, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has added detailed company information for more than 1.1 million of the world’s largest public and private companies, along with the addition of a Company View feature to Business Source Complete. The new Company View feature provides company… Read More
