Project MUSE to include scholarly book content to research platform and product offerings - September 10, 2010
Project MUSE, a provider of humanities and social science periodical content for libraries, has announced a new initiative to incorporate scholarly book content into its research platform and product offerings. Beginning in 2011, e-book collections will be available for purchase alongside MUSE journal collections, with an… Read More
IMLS releases guidelines for Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries and Museums grant programme - September 10, 2010
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), US, has announced the release of grant guidelines for Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries and Museums. This new grant programme will provide one-year grants of $10,000 to $25,000 for innovative projects that respond to the challenges and opportunities… Read More
Google yet to apply for China web map license - September 10, 2010
Chinese authorities have confirmed that internet search services provider Google Inc is yet to apply for the China web map license. According to deputy director general of the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (SBSM), Song Chaozhi, about 80 firms had submitted their applications since the… Read More
Jones & Bartlett Learning selects Ingram’s CoreSource for e-content management - September 10, 2010
Ingram Content Group Inc., US, has announced an agreement with Jones & Bartlett Learning, a leading provider of instructional, assessment and learning-performance management solutions for secondary, post-secondary, and professional markets. Jones & Bartlett has selected Ingram's digital asset management platform, CoreSource, to archive and distribute educational… Read More
Attention Subscribers – www.myscoope.com lets you access Knowledgespeak using your mobile devices - September 10, 2010
Mobile access for Knowledgespeak is now available via our new beta application, SCOOPE STM Mobile. Subscribers on the move can now gain easy access to Knowledgespeak through a reader-friendly mobile phone interface. This application is uniquely available in two versions:… Read More
RSC welcomes British Business Secretary’s call for greater focus on ‘useful’ research - September 9, 2010
The UK's Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has announced that it supports Business Secretary Vince Cable in his decision to focus on 'excellent research' as it reveals huge financial shortfalls in UK science funding. In his first major speech on science and research, Cable called for… Read More
