Potomac Institute Press launches online scientific publication – Synesis: A Journal of Science, Technology, Ethics and Policy - March 15, 2010
Potomac Institute Press, a subsidiary of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, US, has launched a new online publication - Synesis: A Journal of Science, Technology, Ethics and Policy (www.synesisjournal.com). Prof. James Giordano, Chair of Academic Programs and Director of the Center… Read More
American Nurses Association launches new customised edition of Mosby’s Nursing Consult - March 15, 2010
The American Nurses Association (ANA) has launched a new online tool available exclusively to ANA members. Developed jointly with STM publisher Elsevier, the customised ANA Edition of Mosby’s Nursing Consult delivers robust clinical information to ANA members in an organised, easy-to-use format. The ANA Edition of… Read More
University of Chicago Press joins Current Scholarship Program - March 15, 2010
The University of Chicago Press has announced a partnership with JSTOR, the preservation archive and research platform that is part of the not-for-profit ITHAKA. Under the deal, the Press will make leading titles available worldwide as part of the Current Scholarship Program. Scheduled for launch early… Read More
Cambridge Publishing Society launched, various publishers enroll - March 15, 2010
Cambridge University Press (CUP), Lightning Source, Salt and HarperCollins have joined the recently launched Cambridge Publishing Society (CAMPUS). The organisation is a counter to the Oxford Publishing Society, OPUS, and has been given initial sponsorship money by CUP. CAMPUS is for anyone… Read More
IOP Publishing claims positive feedback on new iPhone apps - March 15, 2010
Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, UK, has announced that its two new iPhone applications - physicsworld.com newsflash app and the IOPscience express app – have received positive responses. Both these applications were launched in January 2010. The physicsworld.com newsflash app, which has had… Read More
OCLC, Gale partnership to expand access to databases through WorldCat Local - March 15, 2010
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, and e-research and educational publisher Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, have signed an agreement to index the latter's flagship full-text periodical databases in WorldCat Local. WorldCat Local is the service that combines the cooperative power… Read More
