London Libraries Consortium members increasingly opting for RFID - July 15, 2010
The London Libraries Consortium has reportedly announced that members of the consortium are extensively using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) for self-service, improved stock management and to facilitate longer opening hours. Around a third of London is served by the consortium's library services. The most recent RFID… Read More
Leading orthopaedics share surgical techniques in new four-volume reference - July 15, 2010
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced the publication of Operative Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery, a new four-volume reference that provides start-to-finish guidance for virtually every contemporary orthopaedic surgery technique. The reference is edited by Dr. Sam W.… Read More
Unbound Medicine announces enhancements to the Unbound Platform - July 15, 2010
Healthcare knowledge management solutions provider Unbound Medicine, US, has announced enhancements to the Unbound Platform highlighted by the addition of a customisable study system, Grasp. Grasp is an innovative mobile and web study solution that uses a proven learning method to help learners master unfamiliar concepts… Read More
McGraw-Hill Higher Education and Blackboard announce business partnership - July 15, 2010
Learning management systems provider Blackboard, Inc., US, has announced a partnership with McGraw-Hill Higher Education, a unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies. Both parties will introduce a new, best of class learning management offering that joins McGraw-Hill's media-rich content, assessment engines, and industry leading adaptive learning tools… Read More
Canadian municipal library lending Kindle devices to patrons - July 15, 2010
The West Vancouver Memorial Library has reportedly become the first library in Canada to let cardholders borrow a Kindle e-books reader. The municipal library has bought six of these devices developed by Amazon.com. As part of an e-reader pilot project, the library began lending out five… Read More
Cambridge University Press and Harvard Business School announce new publishing partnership - July 15, 2010
The Harvard Business School has announced a partnership with Cambridge University Press to publish the journal Business History Review (BHR) from 2011. Claimed to be the oldest journal in its field, Business History Review began publication in 1926 as the Bulletin of the Business Historical Society… Read More
