ScienceDirect offers additional features tested by development partners - October 24, 2007
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it has added more development-partner-tested features on its ScienceDirect platform. As an integral part of ScienceDirect's product development, the development partners' involvement is seen to have ensured that the new features mirror researchers' needs. Through intelligent document matching, the… Read More
Dear Subscribers - October 23, 2007
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BRASS seeks nominations for RUSA Emerald Research Grant Award - October 23, 2007
The Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has called for nominations for the 2008 Emerald Research Grant Award. Emerald will give away two $5,000 cash awards to individuals seeking support… Read More
Nature Publishing Group names new Managing Director - October 23, 2007
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced that Steven Inchcoombe, currently Macmillan's International Director, will become Managing Director of Nature Publishing Group (NPG) with immediate effect. The announcement was made by the newly appointed Macmillan CEO, Annette Thomas. Inchcoombe joined the Macmillan Board just… Read More
SPIE Digital Library to expand multimedia file support and other services - October 23, 2007
SPIE, an international society advancing an interdisciplinary approach to the science and application of light, has announced that the SPIE Digital Library will extend multimedia file support and other new capabilities in January. New features of the SPIE Digital Library include multimedia file support; enhanced citation… Read More
INSAR and Wiley-Blackwell to publish new journal – Autism Research - October 23, 2007
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc, US, and the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) have announced plans to launch a new journal - Autism Research. Anthony J. Bailey, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Oxford,… Read More
