ProQuest and partners to add new census content to HeritageQuest Online service - May 7, 2012
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has announced that it is joining forces with Archives.com, FamilySearch International, findmypast.com and the National Association of Records and Archives in the 1940 US Census Community Project, a collaborative effort to index the contents of the newly released US… Read More
SAGE commissions research team at LISU to undertake research investigating the value of academic libraries for academic staff - May 7, 2012
Academic and professional publisher SAGE has commissioned the research team at LISU, Loughborough University (UK) to undertake research investigating the value of academic libraries for academic staff. LISU conducted 8 case studies in three regions – the UK, USA and Scandinavia – to uncover examples… Read More
ScienceIndex.com adds Neurology and Nutrition categories - May 7, 2012
ScienceIndex.com, a Web 2.0 sciences social network, has announced that it has added two new categories - Neurology and Nutrition. While the Neurology category covers the nervous system and its disorders, the Nutrition category covers nourishment, including nutrients that organisms must obtain from their environment to… Read More
SPARC-ACRL forum scheduled to be held at ALA on June 23 - May 7, 2012
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has announced that the next SPARC-ACRL Forum, ‘Campus Open Access Funds: The State of Play’ will be held at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA, on June 23, 2012, from 4:00-5:30 pm in the Grand Ballroom South… Read More
Pearson and LearnSomething partnership to expand professional training solutions - May 7, 2012
Print and digital education materials provider Pearson has announced an expansion of its professional training solutions by partnering with LearnSomething, a provider of customised, digitally-delivered corporate training services. The collaboration will result in a comprehensive set of solutions to assist corporations, associations, unions and government… Read More
Bloomberg BNA Healthcare publications win 2012 ASHPE awards - May 7, 2012
Bloomberg BNA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bloomberg, has received two 2012 awards for healthcare reporting from The American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors (ASHPE). Pharmaceutical Law & Industry Report, edited by Brian Broderick, won a Gold Award in the Best Single Issue (Newsletter) category,… Read More
