Genome Biology celebrates 10th anniversary with special issue - May 6, 2010
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that its journal Genome Biology is celebrating its 10th anniversary. To mark this, a series of reviews from areas of particular interest in the genomics field and from scientists who have helped shape these fields over the last… Read More
Freelancing job at Scope eKnowledge Center – Editor - May 6, 2010
Scope eKnowledge Center is calling for applications from freelancing editors. The Candidate should be a through professional with the ability to draft business e-mails, presentations, case studies and other communication material surrounding a conference / event. The candidate should assist in the preparation of presentations and/or speeches geared toward prospective… Read More
Open letter supports US legislation to ensure free access to publicly funded research - May 5, 2010
The Alliance for Taxpayer Access (ATA) has announced that the provosts and presidents of 27 research institutions in the US have voiced their support for the Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) via an open letter. The ‘Open Letter to the Higher Education Community’, released last week by the
Microsoft FUSE Labs to introduce service to consolidate social networks - May 5, 2010
Microsoft's FUSE Labs, the research arm of enterprise software firm Microsoft Corp., US, reportedly unveiled Spindex, a new social networking project, at the recent Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco. Spindex aims to aggregate and streamline social networks into a single console to help users interact… Read More
Google readying sales strategies for new e-books retail service - May 5, 2010
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, is planning to enter the digital books sales market by July 2010, media reports indicate. Such a move would pitch the company against existing players in the market such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Apple. The online sale… Read More
ARL to host Lib-Valu workshop on ROI methods employed by academic libraries - May 5, 2010
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), US, is to hold a Lib-Value workshop on the latest return-on-investment (ROI) methods employed by academic libraries. The workshop will review the methodologies developed and applied to date. It will also seek to help the audience expand its understanding of… Read More
