EC aims to expand digital library Europeana amidst challenges - September 2, 2009
The European Commission (EC), in a policy document, has declared as its target to bring the number of digitised objects in Europe's multilingual digital library, Europeana, to 10 million by 2010. The EC has also opened a public debate on the future challenges for book digitisation… Read More
Web 2.0 Summit producers scouting for charity partnerships - September 2, 2009
Publisher O'Reilly Media, US, and TechWeb, co-producers of the Web 2.0 Summit, have sought help in choosing three charities that embody the spirit of Web Squared to partner with for this year's Web 2.0 Summit. The summit is slated for October 20-22,… Read More
Ovid partners with CIG Media and A & C Black to offer core e-resources to the medical research community - September 2, 2009
Information solutions provider Ovid, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced new licensing agreements with medical publisher Cancer Information Group (CIG) Media and A & C Black, which publishes a diverse set of books in a wide variety of subjects and… Read More
Taylor & Francis set to publish Palynology for AASP – The Palynological Society - September 2, 2009
Publisher Taylor & Francis, UK, is set to publish the journal Palynology from Volume 34 in 2010. The journal is the official journal of AASP – The Palynological Society. Edited by James B. Riding at the British Geological Survey, Nottingham, UK, Palynology publishes original, peer-reviewed research… Read More
GenomeQuest and Biomatters partner to offer researchers a ‘top-down’ discovery methodology for NGS projects - September 2, 2009
GenomeQuest, Inc., a US-based provider of biological sequence search, content and analysis services, has announced an alliance with scientific software company Biomatters Ltd, New Zealand. The deal is to provide researchers a ‘top-down’ discovery methodology for next generation sequencing (NGS) projects. Specifically, the companies will integrate… Read More
EMpact Sales and AHC Media sign sales and marketing deal - September 2, 2009
EMpact Sales (EMpact), the publisher representation group of EBSCO Information Services, US, has signed an agreement with AHC Media LLC (AHC). Under the deal EMpact will serve as sales and marketing representative for AHC’s biotechnology and medical device publications. AHC Media provides… Read More
