Springer and Canada’s IDRC launch new multidisciplinary book series - June 9, 2011
STM publisher Springer and Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) have announced the launch of a new book series, Insight and Innovation in International Development. Co-published by Springer and IDRC, the series aims to contribute fresh ideas and insights on international development. Four titles are planned… Read More
Italian National Research Council selects Thomson Reuters new Web of Knowledge platform for 108 member institutions - June 9, 2011
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that the Italian National Research Council (CNR) has selected the new Web of Knowledge platform as an important source of citation data and analysis for its 108 member institutions. CNR is one of the largest public research organisations… Read More
Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting launches online community - June 9, 2011
'Lindau Nobel Community - the interactive home of the Lindau Meetings' recently launched at lindau.nature.com. The site goes live ahead of the 61st annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, scheduled for June 26 – July 1, 2011 on the shores of Lake Constance. This year, blogs in Spanish and Chinese will… Read More
Ten millionth record added to WorldCat via the WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway - June 8, 2011
Computer library service and research organisation OCLC, US, has announced that a record for a book accessible online marked the 10 millionth record added to WorldCat via the WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway. The record, titled Task-oriented and Purposeful Robot-Assisted Therapy, was harvested into WorldCat by staff… Read More
European project Wf4Ever uses social networking principle in scientific research - June 8, 2011
Researchers from the Ontological Engineering Group (OEG) at Spain's Universidad Politécnica de Madrid's Facultad de Informática are participating, together with other Spanish, English, Polish and Dutch experts, in the European Wf4Ever project. The project seeks to apply the social networking principle to… Read More
ProVation MD query tool for streamlined GIQuIC submission released - June 8, 2011
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced the release of a query tool that streamlines the collection of quality data for the GI Quality Improvement Consortium Ltd. (GIQuIC) benchmarking initiative. Part of ProVation MD for gastroenterology (GI) procedure documentation and coding, the… Read More
