ACS and Council for Chemical Research to host R&D symposium - August 13, 2010
The American Chemical Society (ACS) and the Council for Chemical Research (CCR) will hold a special half-day symposium to address the critical challenge of keeping the US' chemical enterprise competitive, and the central role research and development (R&D) will play in this process. Entitled 'Translational Chemical… Read More
New WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway unveiled for better visibility of digital content - August 13, 2010
Library cooperative OCLC has announced that repository managers from libraries, museums, archives and other cultural heritage and research institutions can now contribute metadata records for digital materials to WorldCat using the enhanced WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway. The tool is projected to increase the visibility and accessibility… Read More
Newsbank partnership takes news content on EDS to over 100 million articles - August 13, 2010
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced that the amount of news content in its EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) has grown to more than 100 million articles since January 2010 from its partnership with Newsbank alone. Additional news content sources and the addition of… Read More
Germany may introduce legislation to limit Google’s street mapping service - August 13, 2010
Germany may reportedly introduce legislation to limit the activity of internet search services provider Google Inc.'s street mapping service. The Street View service offers detailed pictures of neighborhoods captured by Google cameras. Earlier this week, Google had announced plans to introduce the service in 20 of… Read More
New NIH website provides science-based information on bone health - August 13, 2010
The US' National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced that a new web resource providing latest science-based information on bone health and bone disease is available through the NIH Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases - National Resource Center (NRC). The site is Read More
University Library of Southern Denmark selects SirsiDynix Symphony - August 13, 2010
Library technology solutions provider SirsiDynix, US, has announced that the University Library of Southern Denmark (Syddansk Universitetsbibliotek or SDUB) is now using SirsiDynix Symphony to serve its diverse community needs. The library is used by students and researchers at the University of Southern Denmark as well… Read More
