RIN report on the publication and quality assurance of research data outputs - June 11, 2008
The UK's Research Information Network (RIN), has set out the results of a project, supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and JISC, to investigate the publication and quality assurance of research data. The report, titled 'To Share or not to Share: Publication and Quality… Read More
New engineering and business e-book databases from ebrary - June 11, 2008
E-book technology firm ebrary, US, has announced the availability of two new subscription databases of e-books, manuals and other authoritative content in Engineering and Business. Designed for corporations, these new databases feature hundreds of current, essential titles from publishers and are available under an enterprise-wide, unlimited-user… Read More
Best Practice Database supports Bio-Pharma M&A Integration with new publication - June 11, 2008
Pharmaceutical research firm Best Practices, LLC, US, recently published a study titled 'M&A Integration Excellence: What Bio-Pharma Companies Need to Know', in its on-demand benchmark repository, Best Practice Database. Bio-Pharma executives are increasingly finding value in the research products and services offered by Best Practices, LLC,… Read More
Attention Subscribers – Benefit now from the Content atomisation initiative from Knowledgespeak - June 11, 2008
Knowledgespeak is planning to atomise its content. A preliminary but significant initiative has already been taken in this direction. For an internationally esteemed association, we have repackaged and categorised our news under various topics to suit the information needs of its members. We are exploring other possibilities of bringing a… Read More
Varied views on efficacy of HINARI programme in boosting research - June 10, 2008
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has recently claimed that the WHO HINARI programme leads to a significant increase in the number of publications from researchers in the qualifying countries. The programme supports the provision of free access to articles made available by collaborating publishers to registered organisations… Read More
University of Toronto acquires full collection of World Scientific journal archives - June 10, 2008
Scientific publisher World Scientific Publishing Company (WSPC), Singapore, has announced that University of Toronto has become the latest institution to purchase its full collection of journal archives. The portal, archives.WorldSciNet.com, was launched in 2005 to make older content (prior to 2001) electronically… Read More
