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The New and Improved EBSCO Information Services
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by Barbara Brynko
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Tim Collins has been at the helm of EBSCO Publishing for more than a quarter of a century. As founder and president of EBSCO Publishing, Collins has been no stranger to the ebbs and flows involved in the rapidly changing information industry and some rather rough economic times. But experience and business expertise has taught Collins to know when it's time to switch gears to accommodate new markets and to provide better services to its global network of libraries. And in late May, the news of such a shift made headlines as EBSCO Publishing (EP) was merged with EBSCO Information Services (EIS). Both companies were divisions of EBSCO Industries, Inc., one of the largest privately owned businesses in the U.S. The merged companies will now be known as EBSCO Information Services, with Collins as president.
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Wolters Kluwer Health Partners With Amirsys on Two Databases
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Wolters Kluwer Health and Amirsys, Inc., international providers of healthcare solutions, added two new clinical reference databases to their portfolios in late May: the Amirsys Pathology Reference Center and the Amirsys Anatomy Reference Center. The Pathology Reference Center features visual diagnostic tools containing 36,000 high-quality disease-related images and 2,100 other learning tools, such as summary tables, immunohistochemistry lists, staining patterns, and diagnosis comparisons.
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IngramSpark Service Debuts Publish-on-Demand Platform
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Ingram Content Group, Inc. reported that it is planning to launch IngramSpark, an innovative publish-on-demand platform, in July. This online publishing tool grants independent publishers easy-to-use, cost-effective access to Ingram's global distribution network for print and ebooks.
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EasyBib, Project Information Literacy Team Up on Student Research Habits
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EasyBib recently collaborated with Project Information Literacy (PIL), a prominent nonprofit research venture, and posted PIL's latest information literacy survey on EasyBib's website to explore the research habits of high school and college students during the final weeks of the term.
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Top Mobile Apps for Productivity
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by Paula J. Hane
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In last month's Spotlight article, I highlighted some browser extensions that I find to be very useful. The article has proven popular with readers, and I've even benefitted from readers' suggestions. So, now I'd like to cover some of the mobile apps that I've found to be the most helpful. I have a Samsung Galaxy Nexus phone running Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean), and the apps I'm including here are available for Android devices (at the Google Play Store), and some are also available for Apple iOS at the Apple iTunes store. I trust you will find these to be handy and serve as a starting point to look for others. (If you have others in your toolkit that you'd like to share, let me know.)
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