LexisNexis to participate in web-scale discovery service, Summon - July 9, 2009
E-Resource Access and Management Services (ERAMS) provider Serials Solutions, US, has announced that information solutions provider LexisNexis, US, has signed up for the former's web-scale discovery service, Summon. About a hundred other content providers are already participating in the service. ProQuest and Gale contribute indexing of… Read More
Open University’s online research repository achieves 10,000 articles mark - July 9, 2009
A research paper which argues that mobile phones and portable devices can lead to new perspectives and practices in learning has become the 10,000th item to be deposited in The Open University's research repository - Open Research Online (ORO).
Launched in 2006 as part of the 'open access movement' -… Read More
OCLC extends WorldCat Mobile pilot to Europe - July 9, 2009
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, has announced that the WorldCat Mobile pilot, a programme that makes collections from libraries visible through mobile devices, has been extended to Europe. Expanding the pilot to Europe means that now phones in the Netherlands, Germany,… Read More
Elsevier journal accepted for coverage in MEDLINE - July 9, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that PM&R -The journal of injury, function and rehabilitation has been accepted for coverage by MEDLINE, just six months after its launch in January 2009. Maintained by the US National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System… Read More
Ex Libris announces expansion of Primo community with new members - July 9, 2009
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced additional libraries from around the world that have selected Primo as their discovery and delivery solution. Some recent newcomers to the international Primo community include Shanghai Jiao Tong University, in China; Claremont University Consortium, in the United… Read More
ARL launches blog on issues related to special collections in libraries - July 9, 2009
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Special Collections Working Group has launched a blog on 'Transformative Issues in Special Collections' to accompany the web conference held July 7, 2009. The blog is projected as an opportunity for the special collections community to continue the conversation after… Read More
