Information services provider Atypon Systems, Inc. and Allen Press, Inc. have announced the successful launch of the new BioOne e-publishing site (www.bioone.org), hosting both full text journals and books. BioOne’s new platform is serviced by Allen Press and powered by Atypon’s online publishing technology.

  MetaPress, a US-based web hosting platform service for STM content, has announced that seven more publishers have selected MetaPress as their e-content hosting provider. Currently, MetaPress provides services and support to 200 publishers.

  The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has announced that its journal - Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (JNCCN) – will be published by Cold Spring Publishing, LLC, a newly formed medical publishing company led by Jack Gentile, founder of PRR, Inc., and Conor Lynch. The March issue of JNCCN will be the first issue published by Cold Spring Publishing.

  Specialised vertical search, information services and e-publishing company GlobalSpec has announced a partnership with Aras Corporation, a Microsoft enterprise open source software provider of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. The partnership represents the first time that the GlobalSpec part specification search web services have been directly integrated with an on-premise enterprise PLM solution. The combined GlobalSpec and Aras offering is projected to represent a revolutionary advancement in software-cum-services for engineering and manufacturing companies worldwide.

  The Healthcare and Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced the introduction of Liquent PublishPerfect, an enterprise publishing product that enables the efficient, integrated, and compliant publishing of reports. The seamless document management system integration provides an uninterrupted user experience from compilation to approval.

  Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) has announced a new home page for the journal Radiology, introducing a variety of innovations for online journal users. The new design revolutionises the online experience by streamlining customised content and navigational tools which provide users with easier accessibility to features.

  Enterprise software vendor RSuite has announced the launch of version 3.1 of its content management system (CMS), RSuite CMS. The latest release includes a new graphical user interface design, as well as changes in the underlying interface architecture, that are seen to improve all-round functionality and usability.

  Informa Pharmaceutical Science, a division of Informa Business Information, is set to launch a new web platform for its 40 journals, providing readers with a high-tech one-stop-shop for drug discovery and development scientific news and research. The new Atypon-hosted platform, informapharmascience.com, provides access to all Informa Pharmaceutical Science content.

  The American Institute of Physics (AIP) has announced the launch on its Scitation online hosting platform of Astronomy Education Review (AER), an open access journal published by the American Astronomical Society (AAS). Scitation’s extensive reach and functionality is expected to enhance the discoverability of AER content through a number of critical features, including XML tagging, Google indexing, CrossRef linking, and RSS feeds and table of contents alerts.

  Electronic content delivery solutions provider Impelsys, Inc. has announced that its iPublishCentral platform has registered more than 150 publishing clients worldwide in three months since its launch at the Frankfurt Book Fair in October 2008. iPublishCentral is a self-service e-publishing platform that enables publishers of any size or in any location to digitise their content for sale online and to promote brands and titles across the Web through strategic viral marketing.

  E-book technology firm ebrary has announced the availability of its 2009 Starter Packs. Now offered in 21 subject areas, ebrary Starter Packs make it easier and more affordable for libraries to purchase high-value, front-list e-books and other titles from publishers such as Elsevier, Wiley, Springer, and Taylor & Francis.

  Digital publishing solutions provider Texterity, Inc. has announced a new site licence programme for its magazine partners. The programme enables site licences for public libraries, corporations and other organisations wishing to offer publications in digital format to a larger audience. It provides several methods for authenticating users. Full tracking and reporting of usage is provided, as well as contract templates to assist customers in creating their licence agreements.

  Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing has announced that the content in the Pre-CINAHL database has been merged with all CINAHL products to streamline users' search experiences. Pre-CINAHL was intended to provide current awareness of new journal articles. CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) is owned and operated by EBSCO Publishing.

  STM and business publisher Inderscience has announced the publication of the first issues of six new titles. The new journals are: International Journal of Bio-Inspired Computation; International Journal of Data Mining, Modelling and Management; International Journal of Economics and Business Research; International Journal of Experimental and Computational Biomechanics; International Journal of Mathematics in Operational Research; and International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Multiscale Mechanics.

  Healthcare information provider SLACK Incorporated has announced the launch of a new website - PediatricSuperSite.com. The new website brings together print editions of two leading publications in pediatrics – Infectious Diseases in Children and Pediatric Annals – in one online platform.

  Professional Engineering Publishing (PE Publishing), the publishing arm of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), has launched a new service called InPress. Researchers can now access new papers from PE Publishing journals much earlier than ever before. Papers accepted for publication are now being made available online as uncorrected proofs. Each paper has a DOI and is fully searchable and citable. Papers are assigned to an issue upon publication in print.

  Internet search services provider Google has reportedly announced the release of a mobile-friendly version of its Book Search service. Using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology, Google has scanned page images from about 1.5 million public domain books and converted them to screen-friendly text. There are, however, some potential errors in this process, such as smudges and other imperfections in the text, which Google has reportedly admitted to.

  Healthcare knowledge management solutions provider Unbound Medicine and health care publisher F.A. Davis Company have announced the release of the new Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary for Mobile and Web. Powered by the Unbound Platform, Taber's content is delivered from a single XML repository to students, educators, and practitioners in nursing, allied health, and medicine via the web and mobile devices.

  Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico has announced that more than 10 million journal articles are preserved within the Portico archive. Launched in 2005 with support from JSTOR, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Ithaka, and the Library of Congress, Portico provides a permanent archive of scholarly literature published in electronic form.

  Symyx Technologies, Inc., a provider of technologies for R&D, has announced that the SPRESI structure and reaction database from InfoChem GmbH is now available to chemists via the Symyx Isentris data access, analysis and decision support system. The SPRESI (SPeicherung und REcherche Strukturchemischer Information) database seeks to offer synthesis chemists a high quality and cost-effective synthesis planning solution.

  Health information provider MEDai, Inc., part of STM publisher Elsevier, has announced that it is offering a free case study ‘Finding Risk Across a Population’ on its website that focuses on the use of its leading predictive analytic solution Risk Navigator Clinical and its application to keep costs down and members healthier. The case study explores how one of MEDai's leading clients incorporates Risk Navigator Clinical in its supervisory workflow by providing the output lists to its support coordinator, who triages the cases to the appropriate case manager.

  There has been a significant rise in nanotechnology publications and patents in India since the launch of a national initiative eight years ago, it has been reported. While industry produced few publications and patents during 1990–2007, universities and government-funded institutes have taken the lead in the sector, an analysis has revealed. The results are part of a wider study by India's National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies (NISTADS).

  Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC) has announced that its board has named a Review Board of Shared Data Creation and Stewardship. The review group will represent the membership and inform OCLC on the principles and best practices for sharing library data. It will also discuss the policy for use and transfer of WorldCat Records with the OCLC membership and the global library community.

  ProQuest, part of Cambridge Information Group, has announced that all products hosted on the ProQuest platform are now Shibboleth compliant. The Shibboleth System (a trademark of the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development) is a standards-based, open source software package for web single sign-on allowing library sites to make informed authorisation decisions for individual access of protected online resources.

  Veterinary Learning Systems, a division of MediMedia USA, has announced that effective with the February issue, the continuing education (CE) credits offered in the monthly journal Veterinary Technician will be increased to 1 credit hour for each CE article. CE credits are awarded by Alfred State College, a State University of New York (SUNY) College of Technology. After careful review, the college agreed to increase the amount of CE awarded for each article.

  STM publisher Springer has announced that its journal Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (ABC) has chosen chemist Wei Sun as the recipient of its Best Paper Award 2008. Sun is the lead author of a paper in ABC on developing advanced tools for in vivo biological imaging. The award, including the 1,000 euro prize, was created by Springer to help exceptional young scientists establish their research careers.

  Evolution: Education and Outreach, a journal for evolution education published by STM publisher Springer is celebrating its first anniversary and the Darwin anniversary year with special issues throughout 2009. The first special issue, focusing on Darwin’s work in evolution, coincides with his 200th birthday on February 12, 2009. This will be followed by special issues in June on transitional fossils, in September on curriculum issues and in December on human evolution.

  The Association of American Publishers has welcomed the re-introduction of legislation to safeguard the rights of authors and publishers of copyrighted, peer-reviewed scientific journal articles. The Fair Copyright in Research Works Act, HR 801, was re-introduced in response to a government mandate that allows the National Institutes of Health to make the content of publishers’ value-added, peer-reviewed journal articles freely available online within 12 months of publication.

  Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, published by IOP publishing, has announced the publication of a special collection of articles that highlight the breadth of high-quality research published during 2008. Articles in this collection are freely available from now until December 31, 2009.

  Future Medicine Ltd., part of Future Science Group, has announced that its journal Women's Health has been selected for coverage in MEDLINE. Also accepted for inclusion in MEDLINE is Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, part of the Expert Review series, which is also published under the Future Science Group banner. Maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE is a premier bibliographic database containing nearly 13 million references to journal articles in life sciences.

  Specialised vertical search, information services and e-publishing company GlobalSpec has announced that it has entered into a partnership with appliance DESIGN, a magazine providing solutions for design and engineering teams in the global residential and commercial appliance industry. By making GlobalSpec's search capabilities available to visitors of applianceDESIGN.com, this audience now has the ability to search for products by specification or part number, plus access hundreds of millions of pages of relevant content from the open Web.

  Digital content services provider Ingram Digital has announced the appointment of Frank Daniels as Chief Commercial Officer and Kent Freeman as Chief Operating Officer. Daniels most recently served as Chief Operating Officer of the company. Freeman has served as Chief Technology Officer of Ingram Digital Ventures, Ingram’s first digital content company, and then of Ingram Digital.

  Subscription services provider Swets has announced new appointments for its latest business unit, Swets Gateway. Henk C.J. Compier has been appointed as Director and Lorraine Ellery has been promoted as Publisher Sales Manager. Swets Gateway is a direct sales channel for publishers, focusing on selling specific publisher content into targeted territories.

  Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics Publishing (IOP) has announced the appointments of Judith Barnsby, Marie Moment and Jane Roscoe to key roles in the company. Having worked at IOP Publishing for six years, Barnsby will now serve as head of e-development. Marie Moment has been named business development manager following the retirement of Desmond Reaney at the end of 2008. Jane Roscoe will head the publishing development team.