ProQuest and Google collaborate for full text indexing of ProQuest journals in Google Scholar - March 25, 2015
ProQuest will enable the full text of its scholarly journal content to be indexed in Google Scholar, improving research outcomes. Work is underway and the company anticipates that by the third-quarter of 2015, users starting their research in Google Scholar will be… Read More
Unlimited Priorities and NCSU Libraries collaborate to open up Accessible Archives’ databases for text and data mining for client libraries - March 25, 2015
Unlimited Priorities LLC, a firm specializing in support for small and medium-size companies in the information and publishing industries, and The North Carolina State University Libraries (NCSU Libraries), have collaborated to open up Accessible Archives' databases for text… Read More
CCC’s Get It Now academic solution now integrated with OCLC’s WorldShare Interlibrary Loan service - March 24, 2015
Global licensing and content solutions organisation Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC) has announced that its Get It Now academic solution is now integrated with OCLC's WorldShare Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service, which claims to be the largest ILL network in the world. Get It Now, adopted… Read More
Oman’s Ministry of Health selects Elsevier’s ClinicalKey - March 23, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that ClinicalKey, an electronic medical reference, will be utilised in 47 secondary and tertiary hospitals, 22 extended healthcare centers, and 170 primary healthcare centers in Oman. More than 10,000 health professionals in Oman will have access to ClinicalKey. ClinicalKey is a… Read More
Jisc selects ProQuest to provide ebooks to UK Further Education colleges - March 23, 2015
ProQuest has been chosen by Jisc to continue to provide key ebooks to Further Education (FE) Institutions across the UK. Following its 2014 tender announcement for provision of ebooks for the UK Further Education community, Jisc elected to renew its existing contract… Read More
Blackboard completes acquisition of Schoolwires - March 23, 2015
Education technology company Blackboard Inc. has announced that it has finalized its acquisition of Schoolwires, one of the leading educational website, hosting and content management providers to K-12 schools and districts. With the close of this acquisition, Blackboard continues to demonstrate its commitment to be the… Read More
AMI Software and Elsevier in deal to integrate Scopus Data into AMI Enterprise Intelligence - March 20, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier and market intelligence solutions provider AMI Software (AMI) have announced an agreement to provide AMI Software's core product AMI Enterprise Intelligence (AMI EI) with access to data from Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, with smart tools that track,… Read More
BMJ and eIntegrity partnership to provide e-learning for health professionals worldwide - March 19, 2015
Healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has teamed up with eIntegrity to provide e-learning programmes for health professionals around the world. The programmes have been developed by e-Learning for Healthcare (e-LfH), a Health Education England programme, in collaboration with the UK's medical Royal Colleges and other expert… Read More
IEEE and SMPTE partner to bring innovative standards and peer-reviewed articles in motion-imaging technology to IEEE Xplore Digital Library - March 18, 2015
Technical professional organisation IEEE has announced a partnership with the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), the worldwide leader in motion-imaging standards and education for the communications, media, entertainment, and technology industries. With this partnership, IEEE will host the SMPTE Digital Library within the… Read More
BMJ announced as supporting partner for new Parliamentary group - March 18, 2015
Medical knowledge provider BMJ has announced it will be a supporting partner for a new cross-party Parliamentary group to be launched after the UK General Election in May. Focusing on implementation and the importance of effective delivery of health innovations for patients, the prospective group… Read More