More publishers add multilingual content to NetLibrary eBook and eAudiobook collections - October 14, 2009
Global library cooperative OCLC has announced that its e-book and e-audiobook service, NetLibrary, now offers more than 200,000 eBooks and over 13,000 eAudiobooks from over 550 publishers in a variety of subject areas and disciplines. NetLibrary claims to be the first eContent provider to offer academic,… Read More
Wiley names next generation leadership - October 14, 2009
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced the Company’s succession plan for the leadership of three of its global businesses, disclosing the retirement dates and successors for Stephen A. Kippur, EVP & President, Professional/Trade; Eric A. Swanson, SVP, Scientific, Technical, Medical, and Scholarly; and… Read More
CIBER, YBP and ebrary to deliver keynote address on global library survey at the Charleston Conference - October 14, 2009
The Charleston Conference has announced that CIBER research group, Baker & Taylor’s YBP Library Services, and digital content products and technologies provider ebrary, US, will present one of this year’s keynote addresses on the results of their global library survey examining challenges, trends, and best practices… Read More
Dear Subscriber - October 14, 2009
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OCLC, SWRLS announce collaboration using WorldCat Local in UK - October 13, 2009
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, and the South West Regional Library Service (SWRLS) have announced a collaboration. The initiative will initially see seven public library authorities in the South West of England using WorldCat Local as their shared end user discovery service in 2010. Library authorities… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell partners with Semantico to launch online medicines guide - October 13, 2009
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc, US, has launched The UCL Hospitals Injectable Medicines Administration Guide Online (UCLH) in partnership with online publishing solutions provider Semantico Limited. The Guide is projected to be an essential resource for nurses and… Read More
