 Elsevier adds five new subject areas to its Legacy eBook Collection on ScienceDirect |
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STM publisher Elsevier has added five new subject areas to its Legacy eBook Collection on ScienceDirect. The Legacy Collection consists of digitised, classic scholarly book content, now including nearly 13,000 books. The new subject areas are arts and humanities; computer science; economics, econometrics and finance; immunology and microbiology; and mathematics. In addition, there are newly digitised books in the engineering and the biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology collections. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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Wolters Kluwer Health adds new component to Lippincott Advisor that addresses Sentinel Events |
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Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health has added a new component to Lippincott Advisor that addresses Sentinel Events and is designed to help nurses step-up their role in helping to reduce incidence of these adverse patient outcomes in hospitals and other institutions. This new feature provides a comprehensive decision-support resource that details what nurses and clinicians caring for patients at the bedside can do when a Sentinel Event occurs. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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SUNYConnect implements EBSCO Discovery Service |
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SUNYConnect, a New York library system of public institutions of higher education, has implemented EBSCO Discovery ServiceTM (EDS) from EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) as its discovery solution provider. SUNYConnect is an entity of the State University of New York (SUNY) and the largest comprehensive system of universities, colleges, and community colleges in the United States. Of the 60 SUNYConnect institutions, 51 have opted to implement EDS and initial feedback has been very positive. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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McGraw-Hill Professional eBook Library now available via YBP Library Services GOBI-3 platform |
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McGraw-Hill Professional (MHP), a division of McGraw-Hill Education, is partnering with YBP Library Services (YBP), the academic division of Baker & Taylor, to make its eBook Library collections available through GOBI3. This will enable librarians to integrate MHP’s eBook Library collections into their existing selection processes and/or approval plans. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
 Thieme Chemistry releases Science of Synthesis 4.0.1 |
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Thieme Chemistry has announced the release of Science of Synthesis 4.0.1 – the only full-text resource for methods and experimental procedures in synthetic organic chemistry. The new version, available as of October 6th, 2014, offers a range of new features as well as 13 new content volumes covering topics such as Cross Coupling and Heck-Type Reactions and Multicomponent Reactions. New features include improved text-search capabilities and a new non-Java chemical structure editor. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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ProQuest and The Economist Intelligence Unit team up to create first online archive of EIU’s global economic analyses |
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ProQuest and The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) have teamed to create the first online archive of the EIU’s global economic analyses – a single source for unbiased, comprehensive reports and statistical data on approximately 200 countries. Economist Intelligence Unit Country Reports Archive will combine ProQuest’s expertise in digitisation, search technology and data manipulation to make nearly a half-century of the EIU’s acclaimed Country Reports and Quarterly Economic Reviews accessible and searchable on the ProQuest platform, improving research outcomes in history, political science, international studies and economics. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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Tyler Walters named SHARE’s founding director |
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Tyler Walters, dean of university libraries at Virginia Tech, has been named SHARE’s founding director, beginning on October 13, 2014. Walters has been involved integrally in SHARE since its inception, serving as co-chair of the SHARE steering group for the past year. The directorship is a two-year term appointment, during which Walters will continue to serve as dean of libraries at Virginia Tech. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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Western Michigan University selects Ex Libris Alma and Primo |
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Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that Western Michigan University has selected the Alma library management service and the Primo discovery and delivery solution to provide unified resource management and unified resource discovery. Alma and Primo replace multiple homegrown and commercial systems including the ProQuest Summon discovery service. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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Cenveo Publisher Services named finalist for the New England Publishing Collaboration Awards |
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Cenveo Publisher Services is one of 10 finalists for the prestigious New England Publishing Collaboration (NEPCo) Awards. Bookbuilders of Boston established the Award and supporting event to honour excellence in the new publishing and information economy. Based on an embrace of disruption and the need to transform the traditional value chain of content creation, the NEPCo Awards showcase results achieved by two or more organisations working as partners. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
