TriUniversity Group of Libraries goes live with Ex Libris’ Primo discovery and delivery solution - February 25, 2009
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that the TriUniversity Group of Libraries (TUG) in Ontario, Canada, has gone live with a public beta version of the Primo discovery and delivery solution. TUG is a consortium of three university libraries - the University of… Read More
Semantico launches Shibboleth-enabled SAMS access management system - February 25, 2009
Online publishing solutions provider Semantico Limited, UK, has announced a new release of its SAMS access management system for online publishing offering full support for Shibboleth version 1.3 and 2.0. The new version positions SAMS as a next-generation access system. The new Shibboleth-enabled version of SAMS… Read More
Scrip launches online news and analysis service for the global pharmaceutical industry - February 25, 2009
Scrip World Pharmaceutical News has launched scripnews.com - an online news and analysis service for the global pharmaceutical industry. The launch firmly places Scrip at the cutting edge of online content and delivery. Scripnews.com offers users the latest breaking news in context by providing added-value drug,… Read More
Dear Subscribers - February 25, 2009
STM Publishers can now add their Company to the Knowledgespeak Directory list. You can also update our events calendar, if you are organising an event which may be of interest to the STM publishing community. Also, you can send your company
ARL proposes community-wide process to develop new OCLC policy for use and transfer of WorldCat records - February 24, 2009
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Ad Hoc Task Force to Review the Proposed OCLC Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records has issued its final report. The report calls on OCLC to develop a new policy to replace the one released in November 2008.… Read More
Australian Research Council selects Scopus to assess higher education research output - February 24, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that the Australian Research Council (ARC) has selected Scopus, the world's largest abstract and citation (A&C) database, for its Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative. The ERA initiative will assess research quality within Australia's higher education institutions using a… Read More
