OCLC, EBSCO deal to offer library patrons online access to full text of authoritative ejournals - April 13, 2009
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, and electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), recently signed an agreement. The new deal makes it possible for libraries that subscribe to both WorldCat Local and EBSCOhost services to provide their users with easy online… Read More
CRC Press forms first Library Advisory Board - April 13, 2009
Scientific publisher CRC Press, US, a member of the Taylor & Francis Group, has formed its first Library Advisory Board. The Board will spearhead discussion between librarians and CRC about the rapidly changing trends of the 21st century library. The outcome of these discussions will fuel… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - April 13, 2009
The Fourth edition of blogspeak is now online. Featured are Colin Smith (Concern about accepted manuscripts and the possibility of open access publishing); Gavin Baker (NIH Open-Access Policy Turns 1 Year Old); Kent Anderson (Are e-Books Already Mainstream?); David Clover (Online Research Papers Database - ORO); and Roddy MacLeod (Top… Read More
Elsevier acquires Professional Development Software, Inc - April 10, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the acquisition of the assets of Professional Development Software, Inc. (PDS), the provider of Softwarefornurses.com online learning education products. Under the deal, PDS will be integrated into Elsevier's Evolve Testing and Remediation product suite (which includes the 'HESI Test'), bringing… Read More
American Heart Association partners with Wiley-Blackwell to launch new book series - April 10, 2009
The American Heart Association has announced a partnership with Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, to publish a new series of medical references. The new series called the American Heart Association Clinical Series is… Read More
SAE International partners with HighWire Press to launch technical paper collections - April 10, 2009
The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International, US, has announced the launch of new compilations comprising the best SAE technical papers written each year, in partnership with HighWire Press, a division of Stanford University Libraries. The compilations, called SAE International Journals, are projected to give the… Read More
