IEEE, ASME and Engineers Without Borders USA launch online platform, EngineeringforChange.org - January 26, 2011
Technical professional association IEEE, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and Engineers Without Borders USA have launched an online platform, EngineeringforChange.org. The platform seeks to provide engineers, technologists, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and local community advocates the tools to collaboratively address humanitarian and global development challenges. Members… Read More
BRILL extends partnership with new pub2web site combining book and journal content - January 26, 2011
Publishing Technology plc, a UK-based provider of software and services to the publishing industry, has announced that Dutch academic publisher BRILL has selected the pub2web platform to showcase its collection of book and journal content. A long-standing ingentaconnect customer, BRILL will continue its eleven-year partnership with… Read More
Swets and DataSalon announce technology agreement - January 26, 2011
Journal subscription services provider Swets, Netherlands, has announced that it has entered into a technology agreement with UK-based data solutions provider DataSalon to implement advanced subscriptions analysis, and to develop new and value-added information services. Swets handles over 1.8 million subscriptions annually,… Read More
Attention Subscribers – www.myscoope.com lets you access Knowledgespeak using your mobile devices - January 26, 2011
Mobile access for Knowledgespeak is now available via our new beta application, SCOOPE STM Mobile. Subscribers on the move can now gain easy access to Knowledgespeak through a reader-friendly mobile phone interface. This application is uniquely available in two versions:… Read More
Use of social media growing significantly among Inc. 500 companies, says new study - January 25, 2011
The Center for Marketing Research at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth recently conducted a study on the usage of social media in fast-growing corporations. The new study revisits the Center's study of Inc. 500 social media usage for the fourth consecutive year, purportedly making it a… Read More
Elsevier partners with Robert Koch Institute to broaden access - January 25, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and the Robert Koch Institute have entered into a two-year trial agreement. The agreement allows researchers at Robert Koch Institute to systematically post their manuscripts in the institutional repository. Elsevier and the Robert Koch Institute share the goal of broadening access… Read More