Ex Libris unveils scholarly articles recommender service for library users worldwide - May 7, 2009
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that the bX recommender service is now available to libraries worldwide. Leveraging the networked research community, the bX service seeks to generate recommendations for scholarly articles based on the analysis of tens of millions of linking activities… Read More
Library associations moot vigorous judicial oversight of Google Book Search settlement - May 6, 2009
The American Library Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries and the Association of Research Libraries have filed comments with the US District Court for the Southern District of New York for the judge to consider in his ruling on the proposed Google Book Search… Read More
Pfizer signs deal to cover OA publication costs for the results of its research - May 6, 2009
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer, US, has announced details of a membership agreement with open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, to cover publication costs for research articles published by its researchers. Under this membership arrangement, Pfizer will centrally cover the publication fees for any researcher employed or funded… Read More
University of Calgary and BMJ sign on as new beta partners for Summon unified discovery service - May 6, 2009
Serials Solutions, the e-resource access and management services arm of ProQuest, US, has added University of Calgary as a beta development partner for the Summon unified discovery service. Several new content providers, including BMJ, an international peer-reviewed medical journal and subsidiary of the British Medical Association,… Read More
FIZ Karlsruhe to market in-house version of USGENE in Europe - May 6, 2009
Scientific information services provider FIZ Karlsruhe, Germany, has entered into an agreement with US-based SequenceBase Corporation for promoting the USGENE in-house version more effectively in Europe. USGENE is a resource for life-science intellectual property professionals, providing unrivalled searchable access to all available peptide and nucleotide sequences… Read More
XTractor Premium for scientists to access data stored in PubMed - May 6, 2009
Life sciences informatics company Molecular Connections, India, has announced the availability of XTractor Premium, a knowledge management platform, for the biomedical research community. The product is projected to provide scientists with new and refined ways to access the latest scientific facts from PubMed. Pharmaceutical companies, researchers… Read More
