China/Asia on Demand metadata now accessible via EBSCO Discovery Service - February 15, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced a new partnership with Oriprobe Information Services Inc, Canada, a supplier of information solutions and China/Asia electronic resources. The deal will allow content from China/Asia On Demand (CAOD) to be accessible within EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS).… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health releases Facts & Comparisons eAnswers Mobile for smartphone users - February 15, 2012
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has released Facts & Comparisons eAnswers Mobile to provide smartphone users with authoritative answers to drug information questions. The app, which combines industry leading content from Facts & Comparisons eAnswers and Lexicomp, is available for iPhone and… Read More
Presenters at Lithuanian event examine importance of unique author identifiers - February 15, 2012
The Association of Lithuanian Serials, an Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) participant, hosted a conference on unique author identifiers on February 14, 2012, in Vilnius, Lithuania. The conference took place in the Lithuanian parliament (seimas). Three members of ORCID working groups presented at the conference,… Read More
OCLC’s Website for Small Libraries project now available as a beta service - February 15, 2012
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, has announced that the Website for Small Libraries project, which began as an OCLC Innovation Lab experiment in 2011, is now available as a beta service for any library wishing to set up its own website. By participating in the… Read More
Brigham Young University selects Ex Libris Rosetta digital preservation system - February 15, 2012
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that Brigham Young University (BYU) has selected the Ex Libris Rosetta digital preservation system. The first member of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) to adopt Rosetta, Brigham Young will implement Rosetta initially for the Harold… Read More
Ingram’s Vital Source now offers access e-textbook platform through Blackboard Learn - February 15, 2012
Ingram’s Vital Source is now providing access to its leading e-textbook platform through Blackboard Learn, which claims to be one of the most used learning management systems. The Blackboard Building Block for VitalSource gives institutions a comprehensive tool to implement digital textbooks for students in mobile,… Read More
