Serials Solutions launches expanded e-resource, KnowledgeWorks - January 16, 2008
Serials Solutions, a business unit of ProQuest, US, has re-introduced its e-resource knowledgebase called Serials Solutions KnowledgeWorks. The expanded and improved knowledgebase covers e-journals and e-books; new legal citations abbreviations; and titles entered through a new Library Managed Holdings feature. Serials Solutions is re-introducing its knowledgebase… Read More
WebFeat posts record growth in revenues with increased products and clients - January 16, 2008
Search engine provider WebFeat, US, has announced that it had posted another record year in 2007, its 10th year of consecutive growth, increasing revenues by 55 percent. Database searches soared by nearly 200 percent, growing from 88 million searches in 2006 to over 170 million last… Read More
Three more libraries set to use WorldCat Local service - January 16, 2008
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, has announced that following results from several pilots, the Cornell University Library, the State Library of Ohio and the University of Delaware Library have signed agreements to use WorldCat Local. WorldCat Local is a new service… Read More
Ohio librarian receives Thomson Scientific’ 2008 Quantum² InfoStar Award - January 16, 2008
Information solutions provider Thomson Scientific, part of Thomson Corporation, US, has awarded the 2008 Quantum² InfoStar Award to Brian Gray of Case Western Reserve University. The announcement was made during a special ceremony at the ALA Midwinter meeting in Philadelphia. Gray currently serves as Head of… Read More
Dear Subscribers - January 16, 2008
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Open access use expanding in India - January 15, 2008
A growing number of Indian journals are reportedly converting to the open access format of Internet publishing. Many leading journals such as those published by the Indian Council of Medical Research, Indian National Science Academy and the Calicut Medical College are already open access. The state-run National Informatics Centre as… Read More
