Medhand International makes OUP Medical Handbook series available on iPhone and iPod - July 17, 2009
Medhand International, Sweden, a supplier of Doctors reference libraries for mobile platforms, has announced the forthcoming launch of their intuitive iPhone reference book application. The first launch consists of four titles from the Oxford University Press Medical Handbook series - the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine… Read More
Presentations from BioMed workshop for publishing consultants available online - July 17, 2009
Open access (OA) publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that presentations from its workshop for publishing consultants are now available online. It has been observed that many learned societies are considering various publishing strategies for their journals in the face of the squeeze on library subscriptions.… Read More
Portico, Brill sign digital preservation agreement - July 17, 2009
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced an agreement with academic publisher Brill, Netherlands. Under the deal, Portico will preserve the latter's entire online journals collection of 130 titles. With this inclusion, over 10,000 e-journals and 27,000 e-books from 74 publishers on behalf of… Read More
TechInsights’ EE Times launches special all digital-only edition focused on Apollo - July 17, 2009
Business and technical information provider TechInsights, a division of United Business Media, UK, has announced that its EE Times, the daily source of essential business and technical information for the electronics industry's decision makers, will launch a special all digital-only edition focused on Apollo in celebration… Read More
Dear Subscribers - July 17, 2009
STM Publishers and other print/publishing Services and Support Tools providers can now use the all new K-Store platform to post information across three sections - a Jobs section, a virtual storefronts directory and a print/publishing Read More
JISC, Ithaka unveil study on revenue models for digital resources - July 16, 2009
JISC-led Strategic Content Alliance and Ithaka S+R have released a research that looks at 12 different digital resource projects across the globe and how they are successfully identifying sources of support and generating revenue. Spending on digital resources is under the spotlight in this international study, which aims to help… Read More