IMS Health launches cloud-based solution for clinical trial organisations - June 22, 2012
IMS Health, a US-based provider of information, services and technology for the healthcare industry, has announced the launch of IMS SiteOptimizer. The product is a cloud-based solution that seeks to help clinical trial organisations more effectively identify and assess trial site locations and recruit best-performing investigators.… Read More
Bowker launches mobile app to access Books In Print and RCL - June 22, 2012
Bowker, an affiliated business of ProQuest, US, has launched its new Stacks application for mobile phones. The application helps the subscribers of Books In Print and Resources for College Libraries (RCL) to scan a barcode or enter an ISBN, access book records, and add titles to… Read More
Elsevier, CAE offer simulation technology for health science curriculums - June 21, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and CAE Healthcare, a medical simulation and healthcare learning solutions provider, have announced a new electronic nursing education solution to be made available in July. The new offering features evidence-based scenarios fully-programmed for CAE's METI line of human patient simulators, including an… Read More
Knovel adds Manufacturing Engineering subject area - June 21, 2012
Knovel, provider of a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced its newest subject area, Manufacturing Engineering. The offering will help aerospace, industrial equipment, and equipment manufacturing firms improve their integrated design efforts for faster time to market, more efficient assembly,… Read More
OCLC adds linked data to WorldCat, appends Schema.org descriptive mark-up to WorldCat.org pages - June 21, 2012
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, has announced that it is taking the first step toward adding linked data to WorldCat by appending Schema.org descriptive mark-up to WorldCat.org pages. WorldCat.org now offers the largest set of linked bibliographic data on the Web. With the addition of Schema.org… Read More
SAGE partners with University of North Carolina Greensboro on SAGE Open - June 21, 2012
Academic publisher SAGE and the University of North Carolina Greensboro (UNC Greensboro) have announced a partnership designed to encourage social science and humanities faculty and students at the university to publish in SAGE Open. Launched by SAGE in 2011, SAGE Open claims to be the first… Read More
