OCLC and ProQuest announce data exchange programme to enhance library discovery - March 1, 2013
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, and library information provider OCLC, US, have announced the launch of a far-reaching data exchange programme that will enhance the library discovery experience for users of OCLC's WorldCat Local service, ProQuest's Summon service, the full-text… Read More
Carbon Management accepted for coverage by ISI - March 1, 2013
Future Science Ltd, part of Future Science Group, UK, has announced that its journal Carbon Management has been selected for coverage by ISI. Beginning with volume 1 (2010), Carbon Management will be indexed and abstracted in Science Citation Index Expanded (also known as SciSearch®); Journal Citation… Read More
Gale and the Smithsonian Institution announce licensing agreement to distribute Smithsonian assets into the library and academic space - March 1, 2013
Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses, and the Smithsonian Institution have announced a licensing agreement to distribute Smithsonian assets into the library and academic space. The Smithsonian Institution claims to be the world's… Read More
Scope eKnowledge Center enhances MARC creation services - February 28, 2013
Scope eKnowledge Center, a leading provider of content enhancement and knowledge services, has announced enhancements to its mARCatTM platform for MARC cataloging services. Scope's service includes Original Cataloging (creation of MARC records) and Copy Cataloging (validating/updating MARC records). mARCat creates MARC records for variant input formats,… Read More
Frontiers and Nature Publishing Group announce strategic alliance to advance global open science movement - February 28, 2013
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced a majority investment in the Swiss-based open access (OA) publisher Frontiers. NPG and Frontiers will work together to empower researchers to change the way science is communicated, through open access publication and open science tools. Frontiers,… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health introduces ProVation Care Plans, powered by Lippincott’s Nursing Solutions - February 28, 2013
Information services provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced the introduction of ProVation Care Plans, powered by Lippincott's Nursing Solutions. The robust software solution that provides nurses and allied health professionals with the tools they need to create, customise and maintain evidence-based interdisciplinary care… Read More
