OCLC and Index Data work together to expand discovery capabilities of WorldCat Local - July 4, 2008
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, is working with software development and consulting enterprise Index Data, Denmark, to extend the discovery capabilities of WorldCat Local to include all licensed and full-text resources of a library. Index Data specialises in information retrieval and… Read More
Reprints Desk and FIZ Karlsruhe sign cooperation agreement - July 4, 2008
Reprints Desk, Inc., a US-based content re-purposing company focused on medical and scientific publishing, Inc., has announced a cooperation agreement with scientific information services provider FIZ Karlsruhe, Germany. The deal will integrate Reprints Desk as a document supplier in FIZ Karlsruhe's full-text… Read More
German neuroscientist charges journal of publishing incorrectly interpreted data - July 4, 2008
Neuroscientist Nikos Logothetis of the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, Germany, has reportedly charged two of his former research students with pilfering data from his laboratory. The students then published scientifically incorrect interpretations of the data against his advice, it has been reported. Logothetis further claimed that… Read More
Thieme launches WinkingSkull.com PLUS - July 4, 2008
Thieme Publishers, part of STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, recently announced the launch of WinkingSkull.com PLUS, an ancillary component to the anatomy study aid, WinkingSkull.com. While the website remains publicly accessible, PLUS is available exclusively to buyers of the Atlas of Anatomy. A practical resource… Read More
Biology Direct and Algorithms for Molecular Biology receive first official Impact Factors - July 4, 2008
Open access publisher BioMed Central, US, has announced that it has received confirmation from Thomson Reuters of official 2007 Impact Factors for Biology Direct (3.29) and Algorithms for Molecular Biology (1.63). Impact Factors for these two journals, both of which focus on aspects of computational biology,… Read More
Attention Subscribers – Benefit now from the Content atomisation initiative from Knowledgespeak - July 4, 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
