Krames wins more than twenty National Health Information Awards - November 14, 2007
US-based patient education publisher Krames, part of MediMedia, was recently presented with 22 National Health Information Awards (NHIA). Now in its 14th year, the NHIA recognises the US' best consumer health information programmes and materials. Among Krames Silver award winners is the Eye Care Flip Pics… Read More
Dear Subscribers - November 14, 2007
STM Publishers can now add their Company to the Knowledgespeak Directory list. You can also update our events calendar, if you are organising an event which may be of interest to the STM publishing community. Also, you can send your company Read More
Major IT and BPO firms in race for Springer arm - November 13, 2007
Major IT and BPO firms together with private equity players are reportedly in the race for Scientific Publishing Services (SPS). SPS, a leading premedia and typesetting services provider for STM publishers, is majority owned by scientific and specialist information publisher Springer Science + Business Media, Germany. According to sources, the… Read More
First Information Retrieval Facility Symposium held in Vienna - November 13, 2007
The first Information Retrieval Facility Symposium (IRFS), a meeting of patent experts and business leaders, was recently conducted in Vienna. IRFS seeks to address the challenges facing all those who operate in the budding industry of patent information retrieval. The main objective of the annual symposium… Read More
Today Publishing launches new journal for physicians in training - November 13, 2007
Today Publishing LLC, US, has announced the launch of a new quarterly journal - Physician License & Practice Today (PL&P Today). Designed specifically for physicians in training, PL&P Today seeks to provide information essential to a physician's professional and personal development. The editorial team focuses on… Read More
Portico to preserve Springer titles - November 13, 2007
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced an agreement with STM publisher Springer, Germany, to preserve 824 titles from the latter's online journals collection. Additional journals published with partner societies and other third parties will be incorporated into the agreement over time. With this… Read More