Cell ranked cell biology’s top research journal - June 27, 2008
Cell, the flagship journal of Cell Press, an imprint of STM publisher Elsevier, has been ranked cell biology's top research journal, according to the 2007 Journal Citation Reports published by ThomsonReuters. In the report, released earlier this month, the journal's impact factor increased to 29.9 from… Read More
SirsiDynix unveils new faceted search product - June 27, 2008
Library technology solutions provider SirsiDynix, US, has announced the launch of SirsiDynix Enterprise, a new faceted search product that seeks to become the foundation for a range of user experience solutions. SirsiDynix Enterprise provides the groundwork that will support community/social networking capabilities such as user reviews,… Read More
Oliver Pesch elected chair of NISO Board - June 27, 2008
Journal subscription services provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO), US, has announced that Oliver Pesch, Chief Strategist at EBSCO, has been elected chair of the board of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) for the 2008-2009 term, effective July 1, 2008. As chief strategist for the company,… Read More
Attention Subscribers – Benefit now from the Content atomisation initiative from Knowledgespeak - June 27, 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
Global e-book survey results now available from ebrary - June 26, 2008
E-book technology firm ebrary, US, has announced that the results of its first 2008 Global Student E-book Survey completed by nearly 6,500 students throughout the world, representing nearly 400 individual institutions. Designed by more than 150 college and university librarians worldwide, the wide-scale survey explores students'… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell announces significant gains in impact factors - June 26, 2008
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced that it has more than 900 journals included in the 2007 Journal Citation Report. Of these, many showed dramatic increases in Impact Factors across the majority of subject areas. Impact… Read More
