ProQuest project with TAMU Scholars to train OCR tech to read early modern fonts - November 7, 2012
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has participated in a project that is expected to vastly accelerate research of 15th through 17th Century cultural history. The company will provide access to page images from the veritable Early English Books Online and newcomer Early European Books… Read More
IET and Minesoft launch Minesoft Inspec platform - November 7, 2012
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and global information solutions provider, Minesoft, have announced the launch of their Minesoft Inspec platform. The service will provide fast, easy access to high quality science and engineering research intelligence. The new platform is designed to benefit patent… Read More
Pearson announces Project Blue Sky, a cloud-based content service - November 7, 2012
Pearson, a US-based provider of educational content and services, has announced Project Blue Sky, a cloud-based, content service that provides instructors with easy access to Open Educational Resources (OER). Pearson is partnering with Silicon Valley non-profit Gooru, a search engine for learning materials, and will leverage… Read More
National Library of Poland and OCLC in deal to add 1.3 million records to WorldCat - November 7, 2012
Library information provider OCLC, US, and the National Library of Poland (Biblioteka Narodowa) have signed an agreement to add 1.3 million Polish library records to WorldCat. WorldCat claims to be the world's largest resource for discovery of library materials and increasing the visibility of these collections… Read More
UBM DeusM and UBM Electronics launch The Connecting Edge - November 7, 2012
UBM DeusM, the integrated marketing services arm of UBM, and UBM Electronics, the daily source of essential business and technical information for the design engineering and electronics industry's decision makers, have launched The Connecting Edge, a new online… Read More
‘Genome Biology’ calls for papers for special issue on plant genomics - November 7, 2012
Genome Biology, one of BioMed Central's flagship journals, has announced that it is now accepting research, method and software manuscript submissions that will be considered for publication in a special issue on plant genomics, planned for early summer 2013. Following the journal's special issue on… Read More
