2015 – Page 38

Elsevier launches Health Library to accelerate patient education, engagement and outcomes via direct access to trusted content

Databases, PublishersJuly 22, 2015

(20 July 2015) Elsevier has launched a consumer-focused Health Library designed to engage patients by facilitating access to accurate, timely, easy-to-understand content on thousands of healthcare topics and issues. The digital library, developed by the Patient Engagement group in Elsevier Clinical Solutions, helps hospitals and healthcare institutions inform and engage patients, strengthening these organizations’ credibility…

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Teaching Altmetric: new training materials available

Event, ToolsJuly 21, 2015

(20 July 2015) Today, Altmetric has released its new collection of teaching resources for you to use in your own Altmetric for Institutions training sessions. Altmetric is often asked to share its training slides so it has created a CC-BY licensed collection for you to use in your own teaching. The new teaching materials include everything you need to run a…

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Crowdsourcing catalogue records for the British Library’s Indonesian collection

Asia Pacific, Databases, MetadataJuly 21, 2015

(20 July 2015) The British Library holds about 10,000 printed books in Indonesian, from early 19th century mission imprints through to contemporary research-level publications. Though not as comprehensive as the collections at the National Library of Indonesia or in Dutch, American and Australian libraries, the British Library nonetheless holds some rare and important Indonesian titles,…

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New Google Scholar button makes research easier

ToolsJuly 21, 2015

(20 July 2105) Google Scholar recently released a new browser plug-in (for Chrome, Firefox and Safari) that adds a Scholar button to your browser toolbar for easy access to Google Scholar from ANY web page. The California Digital Library blog describes how to use this new feature in an illustrated “how to” here.

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Popular BrowZine service is now accessible on the web

ToolsJuly 21, 2015

(20 July 2015) Third Iron, LLC, a leading information technology company, today announced the release of BrowZine Web Edition. BrowZine is the preferred service researchers around the world use to browse, read and follow the scholarly journals available from their library. Kendall Bartsch, Co-Founder and CEO, noted that “users interact with mobile and desktop platforms…

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2nd International Conference on Children’s Librarianship to be held in the Philippines

Asia Pacific, Event, LibrariesJuly 21, 2015

(14 July 2015) The National Library of the Philippines invites participation in the 2nd International Conference on Children’s Librarianship with the theme Sustaining Children’s Services in the Region through Improved Coherence and Integration. This year’s event will be held on 14-16 October 2015 at Asturias Hotel, Puerto Princesa, Palawan, in partnership with the Association of…

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The Swinburne University of Technology Library has a new website

Asia Pacific, LibrariesJuly 21, 2015

20 July 2015) New content and design has been created for the library homepage, search, about the library, referencing, study space and computers, services for teachers and services for researchers, and more. More here.

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Extensive survey report of over 4,000 academic library users published

LibrariesJuly 21, 2015

(20 July 2015, Emeryville, CA) Innovative announced today the publication of survey results from over 4,000 library users at seven academic libraries in the UK. “We Love the Library, but We Live on the Web” – Findings around how academic library users view online resources and services (2015) reports on how online users interact with…

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Apple Pay for libraries

Libraries, TechnologyJuly 21, 2015

(17 July 2015) Bibliotheca reports that Apple Pay, the contactless payment system for low-value transactions, is now ready and available for libraries in the U.S. and U.K. making self-service transactions quicker and more convenient. What’s more, it’s cheaper than handling cash! Read the press release. Following the country-wide deployment of Apple Pay in North America,…

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British Library and Publishing Technology make Document Supply Service content available via ingentaconnect

LibrariesJuly 20, 2015

(14 July 2015) The British Library and Publishing Technology today announced a new partnership which will make 5,400 new journal and book titles available via the ingentaconnect online platform. Further details here.

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