ARL affirms international interlibrary loan activities for North American libraries - May 30, 2011
Nonprofit organisation Association of Research Libraries (ARL), US, has announced that its board has affirmed that it is the right of North American research libraries to participate in international interlibrary loan (ILL) and document delivery activities. The decision was taken at ARL's spring 2011 meeting. … Read More
GE Healthcare, Thomson Reuters develop new data and analytics solution - May 27, 2011
US-based GE Healthcare and Thomson Reuters have developed a new data and analytics solution. This is expected to help pharmaceutical firms and other healthcare organisations to conduct evidence-based research on data that enables them to better quantify the effectiveness of medical treatments… Read More
Summon discovery service wins top honours at the 2011 CODiE Award ceremony - May 27, 2011
Serials Solutions, a US-based provider of tools and services for libraries and a business unit of ProQuest LLC, has announced that the Summon discovery service took top honours at the 2011 CODiE Award ceremony. It was named the Best Enterprise Search Solution. Claimed to be… Read More
ProQuest and Library and Archives Canada announce new agreement for dissertations and theses processing - May 27, 2011
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, and Library and Archives Canada (LAC), the source of enduring knowledge for the government of Canada, its people, and institutions, have signed a new three-year agreement for dissertations and theses processing for the more than sixty universities that participate… Read More
‘BMJ Open’ authors allowed to share original raw data - May 27, 2011
Medical information provider BMJ Group, UK, has announced that authors whose research is accepted for publication in one of its most recent online-only titles, BMJ Open, can now share the original raw data for their study. They can do so on or after publication. BMJ… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell and CECity, Inc announce strategic alliance - May 27, 2011
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and Scholarly (STMS) publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced a strategic alliance with CECity, Inc. to provide physicians and other healthcare professionals with new, customised quality and learning solutions. CECity is a provider of cloud-based healthcare information technology… Read More
