NDL ties up with OCLC to offer access to Japanese content via WorldCat - June 11, 2010
Library service provider OCLC, US, and the National Diet Library (NDL), Japan, have signed an agreement to jointly make over 5 million records from NDL more visible and accessible to scholars and researchers worldwide through WorldCat. The two organisations plan to cooperate for the benefit of… Read More
RCD forms alliance with Hanley Wood to provide construction industry content - June 11, 2010
B2B information providers Reed Construction Data (RCD) and Hanley Wood, LLC have announced the formation of a strategic alliance. Under the deal, the companies will open up proprietary information channels in an effort to deliver richer, more valuable content to the construction industry. The alliance will… Read More
Litigation support firm CT Summation merged with AccessData Corporation - June 11, 2010
AccessData Corporation, a US-based provider of digital investigation services, has announced a merger with litigation support services firm CT Summation, US. The merged entity, AccessData Group, LLC, will deliver an end-to-end eDiscovery software solution capable of addressing all phases of the litigation… Read More
Endoscopy Center of North Baltimore selects ProVation Medical Software for procedure documentation and coding - June 10, 2010
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that the Endoscopy Center of North Baltimore has selected its ProVation MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding. The Center has also opted for ProVation EHR electronic health record and patient charting solution. ProVation… Read More
Elsevier and InfoDesk partner to co-develop a federated drug pipeline intelligence solution - June 8, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced an agreement with US-based technology company InfoDesk to co-develop a federated drug pipeline intelligence solution for pharmaceutical and life science companies. Both companies will work together to develop a search and delivery tool that will increase productivity and improve the… Read More
Picis selects Clinical Architecture’s Symedical to support new medication decision support capabilities - June 7, 2010
Healthcare consulting and software solutions company Clinical Architecture, US, has announced that Picis, a global provider of innovative information solutions for acute care settings, has selected its Symedical interoperability solution. Symedical enables clinical applications to share patient information as actionable discrete data. Picis chose to integrate… Read More
Digital Media executive Vivek Shah and Great Hill Partners acquire Ziff Davis - June 7, 2010
Technology publisher Ziff Davis, US, has announced that it has been acquired by former Time Inc. executive Vivek Shah in partnership with Boston-based Great Hill Partners. Specific financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition represents the first step in building a new digital… Read More
Association of American University Presses partners with NetGalley - June 4, 2010
The Association of American University Presses (AAUP) has announced a new benefit programme in partnership with NetGalley, a web-based service that provides tools for publishers to share digital galleys and press kits. In addition to reaching traditional reviewers and media contacts, university… Read More
USPTO and Google partner to provide bulk patent and trademark Data to the public - June 3, 2010
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has entered into a no-cost, two-year agreement with Google to make bulk electronic patent and trademark public data available to the public in bulk form. Under the deal, the USPTO will provide Google with existing bulk, electronic files,… Read More
Gale partners with Detroit Zoological Society to distribute science content - June 3, 2010
Educational publisher Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, has announced an agreement with the Detroit Zoological Society. Under the deal, Gale will distribute animal conservation and animal welfare related content through its new Grzimek's Animal Life Web resource. As a result of the agreement, the new… Read More
