Bowker, Google in deal to optimise the identification, cataloging and discovery of Google Editions - May 6, 2010
Bibliographic information provider Bowker, US, a business unit of ProQuest, has reached an agreement with Google to provision and facilitate the assignment of ISBN numbers to Google Editions, Google’s digital book offering launching later in 2010. The agreement sets an important publishing… Read More
Scientific American’s archive to 1948 now available online - May 6, 2010
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group, UK, has announced Scientific American's online archive for institutional customers on nature.com at www.nature.com/scientificamerican/archive. The Scientific American online archive contains the complete collection of Scientific American from May 1948 to December 2005. Containing over 650 issues and… Read More
COPE signs up as partner in Second World Conference on Research Integrity - May 6, 2010
The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) has announced that it is supporting, and has had a substantial input into, the organisation of the Second World Research Integrity Conference, slated for July 21-24, 2010 in Singapore. COPE is one of the major partners in the conference and… Read More
WIN Symposium announces awards for young researches in personalised care - May 6, 2010
The Worldwide Innovative Networking (WIN) Consortium, supported by its media partner Nature Publishing Group, is encouraging the participation of young researchers at this year’s WIN Symposium by offering awards for the best poster and oral presentations. The second annual WIN Symposium is scheduled for July 7-9,… Read More
OUP launches Oxford Textbook of Medicine online for the first time - May 6, 2010
Academic and reference books publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced that it has launched, for the first time online, the Oxford Textbook of Medicine. Generations of consultants, trainees, and medical students have relied on this textbook for practical guidance on clinical management and the prevention… Read More
Annual Reviews launches first in-depth critical review of Food Science and Technology - May 6, 2010
Nonprofit publisher Annual Reviews, US, has announced a new Annual Review of Food Science and Technology. The journal is the first to offer in-depth critical reviews focused exclusively on current and significant developments in the multidisciplinary field of food science and technology. Food scientists and engineers,… Read More
