Publishers, CNRS in framework licence agreement for document delivery - October 5, 2012
The Laboratoire INIST of the CNRS, France, and the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM) have agreed a framework licence agreement to be entered into directly by the individual publishers and the CNRS. The framework licence agreement will start from January 1,… Read More
OCLC to expand Geek the Library campaign to more libraries - October 5, 2012
Geek the Library, OCLC's community awareness campaign designed to highlight the value of public libraries, has received $1,924,883 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to extend participation in the programme to 1,000 additional libraries through June 2015. The funding allows increased emphasis on library staff… Read More
Amazon launches Cloud Drive in Italy and Spain - October 5, 2012
Online books retailer Amazon.com, Inc., US, has announced the launch of Amazon Cloud Drive in Italy and Spain, following recent launches in the UK, Germany and France. European customers can now securely store and access all of their digital files in the Amazon cloud using the… Read More
SAE International to host symposium on Augmented/Virtual Reality Technologies - October 5, 2012
Engineers and technical experts association SAE International will host a new symposium – the 'SAE 2012 Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) Technologies Symposium' – that focuses on the technical, economic and implementation aspects of AR and VR. This is the first event of its kind to… Read More
Elsevier expands DirectCourse’s web-based learning Curricula - October 4, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that Elsevier's DirectCourse has expanded, adding a new curriculum, College of Personal Assistance and Caregiving (CPAC). This interactive, web-based curriculum is designed to train and educate personal care assistants, home care providers and family caregivers caring for people with physical… Read More
DynaMed ranks highest among ten online clinical resources in fourth independent report - October 4, 2012
DynaMed, a clinical reference tool designed for use primarily at the point of care, has ranked highest among ten online clinical resources in a new study in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. The resources were evaluated in three areas - timeliness of content updating, breadth of… Read More
