eIFL.net receives grant to spark innovation in public library services in developing nations - November 25, 2009
Not-for-profit organisation Electronic Information for Libraries (Eifl) recently announced that it has been awarded a three-year $1.4 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to spark the development of innovative public library services using technology in transitioning and developing countries. The grant is part… Read More
Dear Subscriber - November 25, 2009
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Springer to launch SpringerMaterials at London Online Information 2009 - November 24, 2009
STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media, Germany, has announced the launch of SpringerMaterials – The Landolt-Börnstein Database (www.springermaterials.com). SpringerMaterials claims to be the most comprehensive and timely resource of data in physics, chemistry, materials science and engineering. The database comprises 91,000 online documents,… Read More
Elsevier sponsors Jacob-and-Wilhelm-Grimm Center at Humboldt University - November 24, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it will support the new information and communication center of the Humboldt University in Berlin with an undisclosed donation. The Elsevier announcement was made at the opening ceremony of the Jacob-and-Wilhelm-Grimm Center, in which more than 800 representatives from… Read More
IEEE launches mobile version of IEEE Xplore digital library - November 24, 2009
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), US, has announced the launch of its first mobile version of the IEEE Xplore digital library. More than two million documents can now be searched via any mobile device with Internet access. Using IEEE Xplore Mobile Beta, users… Read More
EU researchers develop Internet platform with semantic search technologies - November 24, 2009
EU-funded researchers have developed an integrated platform for the Internet by combining advanced semantic search technologies and the required tools. The MESH (Multimedia semantic syndication for enhanced news services) project received €7.4 million in grant under the Information Society Technologies (IST) Thematic area of the Sixth… Read More
