Dear Subscribers - May 28, 2008
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Microsoft to terminate Live Search Books and Live Search Academic projects - May 27, 2008
Software vendor Microsoft Corp., US, is reportedly shutting down the Live Search Books and Live Search Academic projects. Microsoft will however preserve the Live Search Books and Live Search Academics databases and these will appear in the regular Live web search results. The databases will remain… Read More
MC Strategies launches new online Emergency Nursing Triage course - May 27, 2008
E-learning solutions provider MC Strategies, Inc., US, part of Elsevier Health Sciences, has announced the launch of a new online Emergency Nursing Triage course. Edited by Jeff Solheim, an expert in emergency nursing triage, the ENA: Emergency Nursing Triage online course was developed in collaboration with… Read More
New beta version of the ranking Web of World Repositories now available - May 27, 2008
Webometrics has announced an updated new beta version of the ranking of world repositories. In the latest ranking, the top five repositories in descending order are arXiv, SSRN, RePEc, E-LIS, and Citeseer. New repositories have been added, like PubMedCentral that was inadvertently missed from the previous edition. Other repositories not… Read More
Scientists announce top 10 new species, issue SOS - May 27, 2008
The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University and an international committee of taxonomists have announced the top 10 new species described in 2007. On the list are an ornate sleeper ray, Electrolux; a 75-million-year-old giant duck-billed dinosaur; a shocking pink millipede; a rare,… Read More
The Charlesworth Group gains ISO14001 environmental standard - May 27, 2008
Publishing solutions provider The Charlesworth Group, UK, has announced formal accreditation to the ISO 14001 environmental standard. Environmental issues have been at the top of Charlesworth's agenda for many years. During the last two years, the company has made significant investment in new plant and equipment… Read More
