More than 80,000 geological maps added to Elsevier’s Geofacets platform - September 11, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that select content from some of the American Geophysical Union's (AGU) leading journals is now available in Geofacets. This addition of 80,000 maps will further increase the amount of essential geological information in the database, helping geoscientists make more informed interpretations… Read More
AMS publication MathSciNet now available via EBSCOhost - September 11, 2015
Libraries can now turn to EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) to support the needs of those studying mathematical sciences. MathSciNet®, an electronic publication of the American Mathematical Society (AMS), is now available via the EBSCOhost® platform, offering access to a carefully maintained database of reviews, abstracts and… Read More
WHO-hosted HINARI Program partners with Wolters Kluwer to provide free access to UpToDate to Ebola-affected African countries - September 11, 2015
The World Health Organization (WHO)-hosted HINARI program has announced a partnership with Wolters Kluwer to provide free access to UpToDate®, its evidence-based clinical decision support resource, to the three countries affected by Ebola (Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea) for an initial period of at least one… Read More
BMJ partners with University of Cape Town Lung Institute’s Knowledge Translation Unit to provide local health guidelines to improve patient care - September 11, 2015
BMJ, one of the world's leading healthcare knowledge providers, has partnered with the University of Cape Town Lung Institute's Knowledge Translation Unit (UCTLI KTU), to develop and distribute the Practical Approach to Care Kit (PACK) programme to healthcare workers in low to middle income countries. … Read More
2015 ALPSP Conference begins - September 10, 2015
The ALPSP 2015 conference began with a compelling and discussion provoking keynote by Anurag Acharya, Co-creator of Google Scholar. His keynote titled "What happens when your library is worldwide and all articles are easy to find?" covered the changes in scholarly communication and how user behaviour… Read More
Elsevier and HIMSS extend Digital Healthcare Award from Asia Pacific to Middle East and Europe - September 10, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) will extend the HIMSS-Elsevier Digital Healthcare Award from Asia Pacific to the Middle East and Europe. The award, inaugurated in 2013, recognises outstanding achievements in the implementation and usage of health information and technology.… Read More
