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ProQuest Graduate Education Program Serves Tomorrow’s Librarians, Today’s Library School Faculties
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by Barbara Quint
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"Absolutely terrific. Well thought out design. And FREE. I love it," commented James Matarazzo, dean of the Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences at Simmons College. The recently announced ProQuest Graduate Education Program (GEP) offers library schools and other educational settings a way for students and teachers to reach the company's full array of resources.
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New Reference QuickView From the American Chemical Society
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ACS Publications and Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), the information divisions of the American Chemical Society (ACS), announced jointly the introduction of Reference QuickView, a dynamic new feature powered by CAS' SciFinder that enables readers of web content to view directly the text of abstracts linked to bibliographic citations within an ACS Publications journal article or book chapter.
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Elsevier Acquires Atira, a Provider of Research Management Solutions
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Elsevier announced the acquisition of Atira, a provider of software and tools that help academic institutions and researchers manage and improve their research outcomes. Atira complements Elsevier's SciVal by expanding the scope of data to report on research activities across an academic institution and by broadening the range of tools and dashboards to analyze those data.
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BIA Announces Free Legal Hold on TotalDiscovery.com
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Business Intelligence Associates, Inc. (BIA) announced that it is making the Legal Hold feature of its TotalDiscovery.com online e-discovery solution completely free to all users. Now, anyone can sign up for a free account at TotalDiscovery.com and start issuing legal hold notices in minutes to relevant custodians, such as to employees and third-parties required to preserve documents for legal reasons. TotalDiscovery.com offers full functioning legal hold features including automatic reminders, on-the-fly legal hold scope adjustment, escalations, custom memos, and robust reporting.
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Expand Your Search Engine Options
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by Paula J. Hane
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One of the most popular bylined pieces in our NewsBreaks/NewsLink Spotlight collection has been my April 1, 2010 article, "Alternative Search Engines Offer Rich Options." Since things have changed considerably in the last 2-plus years, I decided it was time to look at what some of the most useful options now are for search engines. While Google continues its domination of the search market, some enterprising folks continue to seek out alternatives—for additional features, interface preferences, spam avoidance, or privacy and security reasons.
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Common Records Management Roadblocks
Enterprise knowledge consultant Angela Pitts discusses access, technology, and other barriers to effective records management in this clip from her presentation at KMWorld 2022.
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