New prototype from OCLC Research – WorldCat Identities Network - August 1, 2011
Library information provider OCLC Research, US, has announced that the WorldCat Identities Network gives users the opportunity to visually explore the interconnectivity and relationships between WorldCat Identities. WorldCat Identities is a service that provides personal, corporate and subject-based identities based on information in WorldCat. The… Read More
New IEEE standard offers directions for preparing design criteria documents for transmission lines - August 1, 2011
Technical professional association IEEE, US, has announced that IEEE 1724 - Guide for the Preparation of a Transmission Line Design Criteria Document – has been approved and published. In addition, the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) Standards Board has approved a project to revise an existing standard… Read More
McMaster University partners with DynaMed to identify practice-changing evidence across medical disciplines - August 1, 2011
McMaster University's Health Information Research Unit and DynaMed from EBSCO Publishing have partnered to help physicians understand the scope of the medical research being published every day. As a result of the agreement, the two best systems for keeping up with medical research have come together… Read More
RLUK unveils journal subscription analysis tool for members - July 29, 2011
Research Libraries UK (RLUK) has announced that at a recent workshop for members it unveiled a journal subscription model that allows members to carefully analyse the value-for-money of publisher packages. Using the model, members can also determine whether there would be cost savings to be made… Read More
Springer acquires Asia Europe Journal from Asia-Europe Foundation - July 29, 2011
STM publisher Springer has acquired the Asia Europe Journal from the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF). The ASEF has transferred the copyright of the journal to Springer. The Foundation will no longer be associated with the journal. Re-launched with new editors-in-chief and refocusing on its core topics,… Read More
Industry Reports from IBISWorld now searchable via EBSCO Discovery Service - July 29, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that industry reports from IBISWorld, one of the largest providers of industry information in the US, will now be searchable via the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). The agreement between EBSCO and IBISWorld will allow metadata for… Read More
