Information Today, Inc. webinar focuses on how the discovery ecosystem involves much more than the single search box - October 20, 2014
A recent Information Today, Inc. webinar, sponsored by ProQuest, discussion focused on how the discovery ecosystem involves much more than the single search box and the content that libraries make available to their users. Attention focused on the increasing role that… Read More
OCLC Research, CNI and the George Washington University Libraries to co-sponsor Evolving Scholarly Record workshop - October 20, 2014
The Evolving Scholarly Record workshop, co-sponsored by OCLC Research, the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), and the George Washington University Libraries, builds on the framework presented in the OCLC Research report, The Evolving Scholarly Record. The workshop, scheduled for December 10,… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - October 20, 2014
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (Virtual Reality Research — Some Early Problems with Data Reanalysis and Risks of Open Data); Andrew Farke (Which (non-open access) journals can paleontologists access?); Bonnie Swoger (Correcting the scientific record: An introduction to retractions); Joseph Esposito (Revisiting Demand-driven… Read More
Elsevier launches Mosby’s Home Health Care - October 17, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the availability of Mosby's Home Health Care. This resource combines trusted home healthcare nursing content with convenient competency management functionality to provide a single comprehensive resource for home healthcare nurses, nurse educators and other home care professionals. Mosby's Home Health Care… Read More
Brill launches new OA journal – Brill Open Biology - October 17, 2014
Academic publisher Brill has announced the launch of a new open access journal in the field of biology, Brill Open Biology-An International Journal. The journal is now open for submissions. Brill Open Biology is meant to be a broad dedicated publication platform for papers from… Read More
EBSCO Information hires former Swets employees in the UK to help customers transitioning to EBSCO - October 17, 2014
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is opening a second office in the United Kingdom and has hired a number of former Swets employees to help customers transitioning to EBSCO as their subscription agent. EBSCO believes that this investment in infrastructure and staffing will provide libraries with the… Read More
