American Medical Association selects DataSalon for a fully-integrated ‘single customer view’ - May 22, 2009
Data solutions provider DataSalon Ltd., UK, has announced that the American Medical Association, publisher of JAMA & Archives Journals, has adopted its web-based solution MasterVision to establish a complete 'single customer view'. Records for AMA members, journal subscribers and pay-per-view purchasers, as well as data from… Read More
University of Michigan and Google Inc. sign new digitisation deal - May 21, 2009
The University of Michigan has signed an agreement with internet search services provider Google Inc., US, to create digital copies of millions of University of Michigan library books and journals. The amended agreement, which strengthens library preservation efforts and increases the public's access to books, is… Read More
Springer archive moves to Central and Regional Library Berlin - May 21, 2009
The historical archive of scientific publishing house Springer will be kept by Berlin's Central and Regional Library (ZLB) in future. The move is the result of a donation agreement between Springer Science+Business Media and ZLB. The whole collection includes the correspondence archive and more than 15,000… Read More
Springer set to publish Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique - May 20, 2009
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced a partnership with the Société de Pathologie Exotique (SPE) to publish and distribute the journal Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique. The Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique will join Springer's publishing program, effective January 2010. Founded in… Read More
ebrary enhances interface with new functionalities - May 20, 2009
Digital content products and technologies provider ebrary, US, has announced that it has enhanced its interface with a number of new capabilities in a bid to make content discovery, usage, and management quicker and more productive. All ebrary products now integrate with RefWorks and EndNote for… Read More
OCLC, partners developing network-level solution for unmediated article resource sharing - May 19, 2009
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, has announced an alliance with IDS Project staff, creators of the Article Licensing Availability Service (ALIAS), and Atlas Systems staff, creators of ILLiad and Odyssey resource sharing management systems. The collaborative effort will seek to use… Read More
Biomedical bibliographic database EMBASE now available on EBSCOhost - May 19, 2009
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, and STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, have entered into a partnership allowing hospitals to access EMBASE on EBSCOhost. EMBASE is a biomedical bibliographic database produced by Elsevier. EMBASE is especially strong in its coverage of drug and pharmaceutical research. The… Read More
Jones and Bartlett acquires Sleep Ed, LLC - May 18, 2009
Educational publisher Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc. (J&B), US, has announced the acquisition of Sleep Ed, LLC, a publisher of references for sleep technicians and professionals as well as respiratory care students. Essentials of Polysomnography, a textbook recently published Sleep Ed, claims to be the only… Read More
JustSystems in partnership with Mark Logic for streamlined data aggregation - May 15, 2009
XML content server provider Mark Logic Corporation, US, and JustSystems, an independent software vendor in Japan, have announced a technology partnership. The alliance will enable enterprise organisations to streamline data aggregation, content creation and publishing of financial reports using XBRL. Details of how the two companies… Read More
Fedora Commons, DSpace Foundation launch open source repository initiative - May 14, 2009
Fedora Commons and the DSpace Foundation, two open-source software platforms for accessing, managing and preserving scholarly material, have announced the launch of the DuraSpace Organization. Through this initiative, Fedora and DSpace seek to jointly provide leadership and innovation in open source technologies… Read More
