Sapienza University ties up with Elsevier to offer Reaxys access to research chemists - June 30, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and Sapienza University of Rome have announced an agreement to provide researchers at the university with access to Reaxys, a workflow solution for research chemists. Reaxys is projected to enable researchers at Sapienza to quickly find the chemistry data relevant for their… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education unveils new K-12 digital partnerships and products - June 29, 2010
Education materials publisher McGraw-Hill Education, US, has announced a series of new technology-based partnerships and products that are projected to enhance the company's line of digital K-12 education solutions. These were presented at the ongoing International Society for Technology in Education's annual conference in Denver. The… Read More
OCLC announces new partnership with LYRASIS - June 29, 2010
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, has announced a new partnership with LYRASIS, a regional library membership organisation in the US, to provide increased consulting, education and engagement programmes for WorldCat and new cooperative Web-scale library management services. The new partnership will… Read More
SAGE set to publish The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - June 29, 2010
Academic publisher SAGE has announced a new agreement to publish The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists from September 2010. Founded in 1945 by scientists, engineers, and other experts who had created the atomic bomb as part of the Manhattan Project, the Bulletin informs the public about… Read More
VIVO utilising Scopus Custom Data - June 25, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that VIVO has begun a pilot project to evaluate the process by which Scopus Custom Data can be used to populate institutional VIVO instances. VIVO is a NIH-funded national initiative aimed at connecting scientists and fostering collaboration across academic institutions.… Read More
Oxford University Press acquires Numicon Ltd - June 25, 2010
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP), UK, has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Numicon Ltd. Numicon provides a multi-sensory primary maths teaching programme that engages learners with its visual, auditory and kinaesthetic approach. The acquisition augments OUP's maths presence in the UK schools… Read More
OCLC and ebrary partner to add ebook records, links to WorldCat - June 25, 2010
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, and digital content products and technologies provider ebrary are working together to add records for the ebrary ebook catalogue to WorldCat. WorldCat claims to be the world's most comprehensive database of library materials. ebrary's growing selection… Read More
ProQuest to distribute IBA content created by the GRI - June 24, 2010
Information technology firm ProQuest, US, has announced an agreement with the Getty Research Institute (GRI). The agreement will allow ProQuest to take over the indexing of the International Bibliography of Art (IBA), providing a secure future for a resource considered central to the study of art… Read More
Shibboleth implementation opens up new market for Koninklijke Brill NV - June 24, 2010
Online publishing services provider Semantico Ltd., UK, has announced that it has completed an important update to the Brill access management system. German users will now be able to login using Shibboleth authentication when accessing Brill online, Brill ebooks, Nijhoff Online and Linguistic Bibliography Online. With… Read More
Saint Francis Health System selects WK Health’s ProVation Medical Software for procedure documentation and coding - June 24, 2010
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that Saint Francis Health System has selected its ProVation MD software for comprehensive cardiology procedure documentation and coding at Saint Francis Hospital. ProVation MD software for procedure documentation and coding compliance replaces dictation/transcription and streamlines… Read More
