SirsiDynix unveils SirsiDynix Portfolio digital asset management tool - November 4, 2010
Library technology solutions provider SirsiDynix, US, has announced the official release of the SirsiDynix Portfolio digital asset management tool. The Portfolio solution builds upon SirsiDynix Enterprise search and discovery, adding digital asset management capabilities, optical character recognition (OCR) technology, Open Archives Initiative compatibility for Web harvesting,… Read More
Credo Reference adds Encyclopedia of American Studies to Credo General Reference service - November 4, 2010
Online reference library Credo Reference has signed an agreement with Johns Hopkins University Press to integrate the latter’s Encyclopedia of American Studies (EAS) into the Credo General Reference service. With this agreement Johns Hopkins University Press joins a growing list of university presses that have chosen… Read More
Attention Subscribers – www.myscoope.com lets you access Knowledgespeak using your mobile devices - November 4, 2010
Mobile access for Knowledgespeak is now available via our new beta application, SCOOPE STM Mobile. Subscribers on the move can now gain easy access to Knowledgespeak through a reader-friendly mobile phone interface. This application is uniquely available in two versions: a… Read More
Elsevier announces publishing partnership with Canadian Cardiovascular Society - November 3, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced a new partnership with the Canadian Cardiovascular Society. Under the deal, Elsevier will publish the Society’s official journal, Canadian Journal of Cardiology, beginning January 2011. Dr. Stanley Nattel, Paul-David Chair in Cardiovascular Electrophysiology and Professor of Medicine at the University… Read More
Smartphones driving mobile cellular traffic, says Informa Telecom research - November 3, 2010
Smartphone users are generating two-thirds of total mobile cellular traffic worldwide despite the fact that only 13 percent of mobile subscribers use smartphones, according to the latest research from Informa Telecoms & Media. As these smartphone users spend more time on the Internet, the traffic that… Read More
CAB Direct reaches the nine-million mark - November 3, 2010
Life sciences publisher Centre for Agricultural Bioscience International (CABI), UK, has announced that its database platform, CAB Direct, has published its nine-millionth abstract. CAB Direct includes CAB Abstracts, a leading database covering applied life sciences. ‘Effect of different herbicides on control of purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus… Read More