Knowledgespeak Newsletter

30 August 2012

IEEE, other standards organisations endorse OpenStand' principles Five global organisations have endorsed OpenStand, a set of principles establishing a modern paradigm for global, open standards. The organisations include the IEEE, Internet Architecture Board, Internet Engineering Task Force, Internet Society and World Wide Web Consortium. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Elsevier's Gold Standard module to help Rite Aid pharmacies track legislation changes and streamline information sharing Drug information provider Elsevier's Gold Standard has announced that Rite Aid Corporation, one of the nation's leading drug store chains, has selected the Gold Standard Drug Database State and Federal module to monitor legislative updates made to prescription medications. The integration of the Gold Standard Drug Database State and Federal module allows Rite Aid to streamline and automate the process of tracking changing state and federal regulations for Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and legend status. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme WK Health and The Altos Group partner to develop sepsis mortality reduction programme Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health has announced a strategic partnership with The Altos Group to advance development of an innovative sepsis mortality reduction programme. Hospitals are currently being enrolled to serve as pilot sites in the programme, which brings together mobile technology, actionable clinical content and clinical change management to enable early sepsis identification and intervention. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Tilburg University opts for OCLC WorldCat Local discovery service Library information provider OCLC has announced that Tilburg University, in the Netherlands, has gone live with WorldCat Local, the company's cloud-based discovery and delivery service that allow users to search their library's collection along with the collections of thousands of other libraries worldwide. With the launch of WorldCat Local, Tilburg University has chosen to focus first on the most user-critical service while taking a significant step toward migration of its entire library management workflow to the cloud with the adoption of OCLC WorldShare Management Services. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme MetaPress appoints Mark Carden as Business Development Director for Europe MetaPress, a web hosting platform service for STM content as well as humanities and social sciences, has announced that it has retained Mark Carden to act as director of sales, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Carden is a technology and education consultant with more than 15 years experience in business development for scholarly content, software and service providers. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme LITA unveils guide on electronic resources management for librarians The Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) has unveiled Managing Electronic Resources, a guide published by Neal-Schuman Publishers. The resource provides advice on the tools and best practices in the field of electronic resource management, helping librarians tackle their workload while saving time, effort and money. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme LibQUAL+ opens registration for 2013 LibQUAL+ has announced the opening of registration for 2013. LibQUAL+ is a suite of services that libraries use to solicit, track, understand, and act upon users' opinions of service quality. These services are offered to the international library community by the Association of Research Libraries. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme De Gruyter and Commercial Press announce strategic partnership Academic publisher De Gruyter has entered into a strategic partnership with Commercial Press, a renowned Chinese publisher in the humanities and social sciences. The partnership agreement, which is effective immediately, provides for the intensive exchange of academic content between the two publishing houses. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme

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