New ebrary product combines pre-packaged e-books with hosting services for libraries - June 29, 2009
Digital content products and technologies provider ebrary, US, has announced the availability of Content Hosting Plus, a new product that combines pre-packaged, full-text e-books in academic subject areas with ebrary's hosting services. Available in multiple languages, the product transforms PDF files into highly interactive databases with… Read More
JISC, Higher Education Academy launch Open Educational Resources programme - June 26, 2009
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the Higher Education Academy have officially launched the Open Educational Resources (OER) programme. The initiative, funded by HEFCE and run by the Academy and JISC, aims to make a wide range of learning resources created by academics freely… Read More
Ex Libris launches version 7.1 of the Voyager integrated library system - June 26, 2009
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced the general release of version 7.1 of the Voyager integrated library system (ILS). The new features introduced in version 7.1 extend WebVoyáge capabilities and tighten the integration of Voyager with other Ex Libris solutions - the Primo… Read More
Thieme expands WinkingSkull.com to feature more than 1,700 images - June 25, 2009
Thieme Publishers, part of STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has announced that WinkingSkull.com has been expanded to feature more than 1,700 images, including illustrations from Atlas of Anatomy as well as clinical material such as MRIs, CT scans and sectional anatomy with explanatory schematics. Users… Read More
Springer launches MyCopy service - June 24, 2009
STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media, Germany, has announced the successful completion of the MyCopy pilot project. The publishing group has, with immediate effect, extended this eBook service to all academic libraries in the US and Canada that have purchased Springer eBook Collections. All registered library patrons… Read More
Swets launches SwetsWise 5.3 - June 24, 2009
Subscription services provider Swets, Netherlands, has announced the successful release of SwetsWise 5.3, the latest technical update to its portfolio of products and services. Release 5.3 installs a list of technical improvements and additional functionalities into a number of SwetsWise's electronic services, drawn directly from customer… Read More
BMC series accepting case reports again - June 23, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that medical journals in the BMC series have started considering case reports again. The move follows the recent departure of the Journal of Medical Case Reports from BioMed Central's portfolio. BMC Gastroenterology has published the first case report… Read More
Inderscience Publishers announces inaugural issues of six new titles - June 23, 2009
STM and business publisher Inderscience, Switzerland, recently published the first issues of six new titles. The new titles are: International Journal of Advanced Operations Management; International Journal of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modelling; International Journal of Collaborative Enterprise; International Journal of Environmental Engineering; International Journal… Read More
Thomson Reuters unveils EndNote X3 for Windows with additional functionalities - June 22, 2009
The Healthcare & Science business of Thomson Reuters, US, has released an upgrade to EndNote for Windows, a bibliographic management software for researchers, librarians and students. EndNote X3, including EndNote Web, delivers a collaborative solution that seeks to make users more productive. It expands ways to… Read More
Guide to Google Book Search amended agreement released - June 19, 2009
The American Library Association (ALA), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) have announced the release of 'A Guide for the Perplexed Part II: The Amended Google-Michigan Agreement.' The guide… Read More
