Amazon Web Services introduces AWS CloudFormation - February 28, 2011
Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS), an Amazon.com company, has announced AWS CloudFormation, a simple way for developers and businesses to create collections of related AWS resources and provision them in an orderly and predictable fashion. Customers can use AWS CloudFormation's sample templates or create their own… Read More
Robert Parker appointed interim CEO of the Royal Society of Chemistry - February 28, 2011
The Royal Society of Chemistry has announced that Dr Robert Parker, Managing Director, Publishing, has been appointed by the Trustees as interim Chief Executive from March 1, until such time as a permanent successor is appointed. The move follows the resignation of Richard Pike as Chief… Read More
Shawn Kennedy named Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Nursing - February 28, 2011
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced the promotion of Maureen “Shawn” Kennedy, MA, RN, to Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Nursing (AJN). AJN, widely recognised as the leading voice of nursing since 1900, is published by… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - February 28, 2011
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joshua Gans (Smarter Metadata — The Present and Future of Digital Publishing); Phil Davis (When the Price of Rejection Becomes Cheaper); Jane Burke (User Perceptions of the Library); Stephen Gordon (Lending Books: Can eBooks Ever Match Paper?); and Kent Anderson… Read More
Attention Subscribers – www.myscoope.com lets you access Knowledgespeak using your mobile devices - February 28, 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
Google selling e-books via web version of Android Market - February 25, 2011
The web version of Android Market, an online software store developed by Google for Android devices, has reportedly begun to display e-books. Users need to click the 'Books' tab at the top of the page, which will load the e-book interface. The… Read More