Prof. Steve Humphries takes charge as new Editor-in-Chief of Atherosclerosis - June 6, 2008
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced Prof. Steve Humphries as the new Editor-in-Chief of the journal Atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is the official journal of the European Atherosclerosis Society and is affiliated with the Society of Atherosclerosis Imaging and Prevention and the International Atherosclerosis Society. Prof. Humphries is… Read More
Swets names Jack O’Toole as Director of Global Accounts - June 6, 2008
Subscription services provider Swets, Netherlands, has announced the appointment of Jack O'Toole as its new Director of Global Accounts. In this newly created position, O'Toole will work closely with Swets' Commercial Management Team and Sales staff worldwide to identify emerging needs and opportunities for Swets' innovative… Read More
Attention subscribers – Benefit now from the Content atomisation initiative from Knowledgespeak - June 6, 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
OAI unveils beta version of ORE specifications and user guides - June 5, 2008
The Open Archives Initiative (OAI) has released the beta version of the ORE specifications and user guides as part of its Object Reuse and Exchange (OAI-ORE) project. Under the project, launched 18 months ago, international experts from the publishing, web, library and e-science community developed standards… Read More
Elsevier launches competition for the scientific community, calls for submissions - June 5, 2008
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced a new contest inviting the scientific community to prototype tools to innovate how Life Sciences information is used in online text databases. 'The Elsevier Grand Challenge: Knowledge Enhancement in the Life Sciences' is designed to generate useful new ideas that… Read More
Dutch academic repositories collection DAREnet integrated into NARCIS - June 5, 2008
DAREnet, the network of academic repositories in the Netherlands, is now integrated into scientific portal NARCIS (www.narcis.info). The website www.darenet.nl, developed by SURFfoundation, will now be part of NARCIS. The scientific portal offers, amongst others, access to tens… Read More
