Safari Books Online ventures into German-speaking markets - April 1, 2009
Safari Books Online, a US-based e-reference joint venture between publishers O'Reilly Media, Inc. and Pearson Technology Group, has announced that it has expanded into German-speaking markets by launching the Safari Books Online German Basic Tech Library. The German Basic Tech Library currently… Read More
ebrary offers Shibboleth authentication option to access products - April 1, 2009
E-book technology firm ebrary, US, has announced that customers can now use the Shibboleth authentication system to access any of the company's integrated products. These include e-books licensed under subscription and purchase models; ASP e-publishing services for distributing digitised documents online; and ISIS, its standalone e-publishing… Read More
SwetsWise Selection Support now available to order - April 1, 2009
Subscription services provider Swets, Netherlands, has announced that its comprehensive decision support solution, SwetsWise Selection Support, has completed Beta Testing and is now available to order. SwetsWise Selection Support has been designed to help librarians and other information professionals make better informed decisions about their electronic resources. The service… Read More
HighWire-hosted journals rank high among SLA’s Top 100 Journals in Biology and Medicine - April 1, 2009
Online technology provider in scholarly publishing HighWire Press, a division of the Stanford University Libraries, has announced that HighWire-hosted journals account for 37 of the top 100 journals in Biology and Medicine, according to SLA's BioMedical & Life Sciences Division. In conjunction with SLA's Centennial, the… Read More
George Washington University opts for AquaBrowser Unified Discovery Interface - April 1, 2009
Serials Solutions, a business unit of ProQuest, US, has announced that the Gelman Library System at George Washington University has chosen the AquaBrowser Unified Discovery Interface to provide patrons with enhanced access to the library's entire collection. Gelman Library is a member of the Washington Research… Read More
Dear Subscribers - April 1, 2009
We are happy to release the second edition of blogspeak. Featured are Peter Murray Rust(Would the NIH policy destroy the ACS?); the shifted librarian(Twittephemeraliness); Stevan Harnad (On Throwing Money At Gold OA Without First Mandating Green OA, Again); and the UK PubMed Central (enabling easier reporting on the outcomes of… Read More
