Autonomy unveils new search technology with embedded images and videos - April 11, 2011
Software vendor Autonomy, UK, has reportedly introduced a new search technology intended for smartphones and tablet computers. The technology embeds images and videos directly on top of the image of a real object on the user's display. Called Aurasma, the software… Read More
AAAS to work with HighWire Press and TEMIS to enhance search experience and linking of content - April 8, 2011
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has announced its decision to work with its ePublishing partner, HighWire Press, and US-based semantic content enrichment solutions provider TEMIS to offer a new, integrated, semantically fueled digital publishing… Read More
NextBio launches two new applications for Elsevier’s SciVerse platform - April 7, 2011
Life sciences software provider NextBio, US, has announced the launch of two new applications on the Elsevier SciVerse platform. The new applications are projected to demonstrate NextBio's capabilities for searching for relevant text in all types of content at the document, section,… Read More
Ex Libris reports rapid growth in Primo customer base in the UK and Ireland - April 7, 2011
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that the number of academic, national, and research libraries in the UK and Ireland that have selected the Primo discovery and delivery solution now exceeds 20. The UCL (University College London), Kingston University and the University… Read More
TCG Lifesciences, CAS partnership to provide researchers with unlimited access to SciFinder - April 5, 2011
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society, has announced that India-based TCG Lifesciences Limited, a contract research services and informatics company, has signed a three-year contract to provide its scientists and researchers with unlimited access to SciFinder. SciFinder… Read More
LexisNexis launches next generation of IP research technology with new semantic search ‘brain’ - April 4, 2011
Content-enabled workflow solutions provider LexisNexis, US, has announced the debut of an innovative new semantic search 'brain' for its full complement of intellectual property (IP) research products. The next-generation semantic search technology identifies the meaning of multiple concepts within a single search query to help users… Read More
Serials Solutions and HathiTrust collaborate to increase discoverability of libraries’ print collections - March 29, 2011
Serials Solutions, a US-based provider of tools and services for libraries and a business unit of ProQuest LLC, and HathiTrust have announced an agreement to enable full-text search of the entire HathiTrust collection of digitised scholarly books from the Summon web-scale discovery service. HathiTrust is a… Read More
Yahoo unveils advanced feature in search engine for quicker results - March 25, 2011
Internet portal services operator, Yahoo! Inc., US, has launched Yahoo Search Direct, a new feature that gives users answers to their questions without having to click on the search results. The product is similar to Google Instant, which automatically shows search results as people type their… Read More
Accessible Archives content now available via WorldCat Local and TouchPoint services - March 25, 2011
Accessible Archives, Inc., an electronic publisher of primary source full-text historical databases, has signed an agreement with OCLC Online Computer Library Center. Under the deal, Accessible Archives' content will be now be available through the WorldCat Local and TouchPoint services, which provide… Read More
Tel Aviv University opts for Ex Libris Primo, with the Primo Central Index - March 17, 2011
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that Tel Aviv University has selected the Primo discovery and delivery solution, together with its Primo Central Index of scholarly content. The University's over 30,000 students and staff will now gain easy, unified access to the… Read More
