Ex Libris announces expansion of Primo community with new members - July 9, 2009
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced additional libraries from around the world that have selected Primo as their discovery and delivery solution. Some recent newcomers to the international Primo community include Shanghai Jiao Tong University, in China; Claremont University Consortium, in the United… Read More
ARL launches blog on issues related to special collections in libraries - July 9, 2009
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Special Collections Working Group has launched a blog on 'Transformative Issues in Special Collections' to accompany the web conference held July 7, 2009. The blog is projected as an opportunity for the special collections community to continue the conversation after… Read More
ProQuest’s new platform to provide single-point access to ProQuest content - July 8, 2009
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, is leveraging its extensive research of end-users, librarians and faculty search behaviours to drive the creation of an all-new platform that will redefine search experience for library users worldwide. To be available in 2010, the new platform will facilitate… Read More
SAGE and American Sociological Association announce publishing deal - July 8, 2009
Academic publisher SAGE has announced a publishing partnership with the American Sociological Association (ASA). Under the deal, the global publisher will publish eight of ASA's journals beginning in 2010 and 2012. The journals are American Sociological Review, ASA's flagship journal and the number-one-ranked journal in sociology,… Read More
NRC-CISTI, CIHR and the US National Library of Medicine announce three-way partnership to establish PubMed Central Canada - July 8, 2009
The National Research Council's Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and the US National Library of Medicine (NLM) have announced a three-way partnership to establish PubMed Central Canada (PMC Canada). PMC Canada will be a national digital… Read More
Society for Vascular Nursing releases patient care guideline via Elsevier journal - July 8, 2009
The Society for Vascular Nursing (SVN) has released the first in a series of guidelines being developed that will focus on the nursing care of patients with vascular disease. Working as a collective group of experts, members of SVN have developed guidelines based on the latest… Read More
