Attention Subscribers – Benefit now from the Content atomisation initiative from Knowledgespeak - June 26, 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
Scope eKnowledge Center appoints Frank Stumpf as Board Advisor - June 25, 2008
Database and research services provider Scope eKnowledge Center, India, a Quatrro Group Company, has announced the appointment of Frank Stumpf as Board Advisor. In this senior advisory role, Stumpf will assist Scope in architecting integrated knowledge solutions and forging relationships with key STM publishers. Frank Stumpf… Read More
Hellman joins private equity consortium to bid for publisher Informa - June 25, 2008
Providence Equity Partners Ltd. and the Carlyle Group, private equity firms that are considering a joint bid for media company Informa Plc, UK, have announced that Hellman & Friedman LLC is also participating in the consortium. The takeover of Informa is projected as one of the biggest leveraged buyouts in… Read More
Elsevier to implement plagiarism detection service from CrossRef - June 25, 2008
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it will implement CrossCheck, the plagiarism detection service offered by CrossRef in collaboration with iParadigms. Elsevier has invested in CrossCheck to develop, pilot and implement, a single database of published articles enabling publishers to easily verify the originality of… Read More
Inspec Database attains new landmark - June 25, 2008
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has announced that its bibliographic database, Inspec, has reached a landmark of over 10 million records. It was a journal article from IOP Publishing's Nanotechnology that pushed the database over the 10 million mark. Inspec… Read More
American Chemical Society launches test site for new features in JACS web edition - June 25, 2008
The American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications Division has launched a new experimental website called JACS Beta. The offering is a test site for innovative features that the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) and its customers are interested in incorporating into the publication's web edition.… Read More
