RLUK unveils journal subscription analysis tool for members - July 29, 2011
Research Libraries UK (RLUK) has announced that at a recent workshop for members it unveiled a journal subscription model that allows members to carefully analyse the value-for-money of publisher packages. Using the model, members can also determine whether there would be cost savings to be made… Read More
Springer acquires Asia Europe Journal from Asia-Europe Foundation - July 29, 2011
STM publisher Springer has acquired the Asia Europe Journal from the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF). The ASEF has transferred the copyright of the journal to Springer. The Foundation will no longer be associated with the journal. Re-launched with new editors-in-chief and refocusing on its core topics,… Read More
Industry Reports from IBISWorld now searchable via EBSCO Discovery Service - July 29, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that industry reports from IBISWorld, one of the largest providers of industry information in the US, will now be searchable via the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). The agreement between EBSCO and IBISWorld will allow metadata for… Read More
RSC responds to UK Science and Technology Committee report on peer review - July 29, 2011
RSC Publishing has announced that its acting managing director, Dr. James Milne, has responded to the UK Parliament's Science and Technology Committee report on peer review. The report is said to clearly highlight and confirm the essential role of pre-publication peer review, a view shared… Read More
Reed Construction Data releases first mobile offering – SmartSpecs Mobile - July 29, 2011
Construction information provider Reed Construction Data (RCD), US, a division of Reed Business Information, has announced the release of SmartSpecs Mobile, giving SmartSpecs customers the ability to access targeted construction project leads from any smartphone. SmartSpecs Mobile is RCD's first mobile offering, providing manufacturers with the… Read More
Pubget revamps Pubget.com - July 29, 2011
Pubget Inc has announced the launch of the latest version of Pubget.com, the search engine for life science PDFs. Pubget.com beta, launched in 2008 at Harvard, MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital, was created to eliminate the roadblocks faced by ten million researchers in their daily search… Read More
