Ovid announces its first clinical tool to bridge content from Ovid and UpToDate - May 19, 2011
Ovid, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, has announced the availability of OvidMD, claimed to be the first clinical tool from Ovid designed especially for physicians and other clinicians. OvidMD provides quick answers to clinical questions based on relevant full-text content from Ovid. The solution presents latest… Read More
British Library welcomes Hargreaves Review recommendations on IP framework - May 19, 2011
The British Library has welcomed the positive recommendations made to the Government by the Hargreaves Review, proposing an intellectual property (IP) framework designed to increase growth and innovation in the UK. The report has recognised the importance of copyright in the digital age to education… Read More
CABI and SharedBook in deal to make CAB Reviews available via AcademicPub platform - May 19, 2011
Not-for-profit life sciences publisher CABI has signed an agreement with publishing innovator SharedBook to make the reviews journal CAB Reviews available through SharedBook's AcademicPub platform. Lecturers and course leaders in the fields of agriculture, veterinary science, nutrition, and natural resources will now be able to… Read More
Cambridge University Press partners with GYLO to create new medical apps - May 19, 2011
Cambridge University Press (CUP), the publishing division of the University of Cambridge, has announced a partnership with GYLO (GetYa Learn On, LLC) to produce multiple medical books as interactive apps for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices. Initially, three of Cambridge's key texts for medical… Read More
ARL publishes ARL Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics 2008–2009 - May 19, 2011
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the ARL Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics 2008-2009, which presents data that describe collections, expenditures, personnel, and services in 62 medical libraries at ARL member institutions in the US and Canada. In 2008-2009, the reporting health sciences… Read More
Print publication output up despite e-books, says Bowker’s annual market report - May 19, 2011
Bibliographic information provider Bowker, a business unit of ProQuest, has released its annual report on US print book publishing, compiled from its Books In Print database. Based on preliminary figures from US publishers, Bowker is projecting that despite the popularity of e-books, traditional US print title… Read More
