OCLC and ABES in deal to add French Sudoc records to WorldCat - September 23, 2009
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, and ABES (l’Agence Bibliographique de l’Enseignement Supérieur), France, have signed an agreement to load 9 million records from Système Universitaire de documentation (Sudoc), the cataloguing system for French academic libraries managed by ABES, into WorldCat. WorldCat claims to be the largest… Read More
Elsevier to host Third Global Vaccine Congress in Singapore in October - September 23, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that its journal Vaccine will organise the 3rd Vaccine Global Congress from October 4-6, 2009, in Singapore. For those who cannot attend the congress, Elsevier is organising Vaccine Virtual. The interactive event will allow people to sample - from their… Read More
Thomson Reuters launches forecasting tool for pharma industry - September 23, 2009
Information services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has launched a new forecast tool for the pharma industry, called Thomson Pharma Partnering Forecast. The product seeks to combine competitive intelligence and sales forecast data to enable quick and credible assessment of the sales potential of pipeline and marketed… Read More
Credo Reference adds Encyclopaedias from Springer - September 23, 2009
Online reference library Credo Reference, US, recently signed an agreement to integrate four key Springer Science+Business Media encyclopaedias into the Credo General Reference collection. With a focus on science, technology, medicine, architecture, business and transport, Springer Science+Business Media publishes books, journals and internet products for the… Read More
Toby Green to succeed Robert Parker as next Chair of ALPSP - September 23, 2009
Toby Green, Head of Publishing at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), has been elected as the next Chair of the Association of Learning and Professional Society Publishing (ALPSP). Toby will be the first ALPSP Chair based outside of the UK. Toby joined OECD… Read More
Dear Subscriber - September 23, 2009
STM Publishers and other print/publishing Services and Support Tools providers can now use the all new K-Store platform to post information across three sections – a Jobs section, a virtual storefronts directory and a print/publishing Read More
