PE group Candover considering acquisition of Informa - June 11, 2008
Private equity group Candover is reportedly considering making an approach for information services provider Informa, UK. According to media reports, Informa is in merger talks with United Business Media. A bid from Candover, the co-owner of German publishing group Springer Science + Business Media, will most… Read More
Scientists and researchers mean business with social applications - June 11, 2008
2collab, the research collaboration platform from STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the results of a survey, asking researchers about the role of social media in their professional lives. The survey, which yielded over 1,800 responses, revealed that scientists are using blogs, wikis, and social networking… Read More
JISC joins consortium for OA publishing in high energy physics - June 11, 2008
It has been announced that the UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has joined SCOAP3 (Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics), which offers a new model of open access (OA) publishing. Under this model, funding agencies and libraries cover authors' publication payments to… Read More
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
