US book publishing industry sees rise in on-demand sales, says Bowker report - May 21, 2009
Bibliographic information provider Bowker, US, has released statistics on the US book publishing industry for 2008, compiled from its Books In Print database. Based on preliminary figures from domestic publishers, Bowker is projecting that US title output in 2008 decreased by 3.2 percent, with 275,232 new… Read More
Serials Solutions announces new XML federated search connection to Infobase eBooks - May 21, 2009
E-resource access and management services provider Serials Solutions, US, has announced that it is building a new XML federated search connection to Infobase eBooks, which span a wide range of core, curriculum-oriented subject areas from history, science and literature to geography, social issues, the arts, biographies,… Read More
Thieme Publishing launches Pharmaceutical Substances Version 3.2 - May 21, 2009
STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has announced the launch of Pharmaceutical Substances Version 3.2. Available via Thieme-connect, Pharmaceutical Substances is projected as a comprehensive reference guide to every significant pharmaceutical compound and includes all FDA approved active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). Fifteen drugs have been added… Read More
Thomson Reuters, University of Queensland host bibliometrics meet - May 21, 2009
The Healthcare and Science business of Thomson Reuters and the University of Queensland (UQ) recently hosted an international bibliometrics conference in Brisbane. According to views shared by the delegates, metrics-based research evaluation offers a pragmatic approach to ensuring transparency, consistency and objectivity. It was also observed… Read More
Oxford University Press launches Oxford Medical Handbooks online service - May 21, 2009
Academic and reference books publisher Oxford University Press (OUP), UK, has announced that an online service comprising 13 Oxford Medical Handbooks will be available to librarians from May 2009 onwards. Aimed primarily at medical students and trainee doctors, the Oxford Medical Handbooks series is popular for… Read More
Swets appoints new Chief Executive Officer - May 21, 2009
Subscription services provider Swets, Netherlands, has announced the appointment of Eduard Cohen as the new Chief Executive Officer, effective June 1, 2009. Prior to his appointment to Swets, Eduard has held several board level marketing and sales positions in the publishing and pharmaceutical industry most notably… Read More
