RSC welcomes British Business Secretary’s call for greater focus on ‘useful’ research - September 9, 2010
The UK's Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has announced that it supports Business Secretary Vince Cable in his decision to focus on 'excellent research' as it reveals huge financial shortfalls in UK science funding. In his first major speech on science and research, Cable called for… Read More
Modality releases four new content sets from Elsevier for use in modalityBODY App for iPad - September 9, 2010
Interactive learning apps developer Modality, Inc., US, has announced the release of four new content sets from STM publisher Elsevier for use in the modalityBODY App for iPad. Netter's Advanced Head and Neck Flash Cards, Netter's Anatomy Flash Cards, Netter's Concise Radiologic Anatomy, and Netter's Musculoskeletal… Read More
University of Texas at San Antonio opens bookless library on university campus - September 9, 2010
The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) has announced that it has opened its Applied Engineering and Technology (AET) Library, projected as the US' first completely bookless brick-and-mortar library on a college or university campus. The 80-person capacity library, which caters to UTSA's College of… Read More
Thomson Reuters develops profiles of global universities and institutions - September 9, 2010
Information services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that it has collected data on hundreds of institutions and research facilities from around the world. The result is the Global Institutional Profiles Project, an advanced data-driven view of globally significant universities and research institutions available. Incorporating scholarly… Read More
CCC opens European subsidiary, RightsDirect - September 9, 2010
Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), a not-for-profit organisation providing copyright licensing solutions, has announced the opening of its European subsidiary, RightsDirect. To better meet the needs of multinational corporate customers, CCC has hired Kim Zwollo as General Manager; Victoriano Colodrón as Executive Director, Collective Licensing and Operations;… Read More
Maney Publishing to publish Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly from 2011 - September 9, 2010
Academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced a publishing partnership with the Metallurgical Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (MetSoc). Under the deal, Maney will publish the Society's peer-reviewed journal - Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly: The Canadian Journal of Metallurgy and Materials Science… Read More
