Elsevier’s new expert discovery application enables collaboration by connecting SciVerse Hub to DIRECT2Experts - February 15, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of an expert identification and discovery application that connects SciVerse Hub, a platform for search, analysis and research synthesis, with the DIRECT2Experts online network of scientific researchers. The Direct2Experts Expert Discovery Application enables researchers to find potential collaborators… Read More
UK e-books sales rising but sales values falling, says Books & Consumers survey - February 15, 2012
E-book sales are rising to offset a decline in physical book purchases, but only in volume, according to the latest Books & Consumers survey. With the lower price points of e-books versus their print counterparts, the value of book sales is shrinking, the report further says. The survey is an… Read More
Nature Publishing Group and Australasian Society for Immunology partner to publish new OA journal - February 15, 2012
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, and the Australasian Society for Immunology (ASI) have announced a partnership to publish a new open access journal from December 2012. The journal, Clinical and Translational Immunology (CTI), will be a companion title to Immunology and Cell Biology, currently… Read More
China/Asia on Demand metadata now accessible via EBSCO Discovery Service - February 15, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced a new partnership with Oriprobe Information Services Inc, Canada, a supplier of information solutions and China/Asia electronic resources. The deal will allow content from China/Asia On Demand (CAOD) to be accessible within EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS).… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health releases Facts & Comparisons eAnswers Mobile for smartphone users - February 15, 2012
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has released Facts & Comparisons eAnswers Mobile to provide smartphone users with authoritative answers to drug information questions. The app, which combines industry leading content from Facts & Comparisons eAnswers and Lexicomp, is available for iPhone and… Read More
Presenters at Lithuanian event examine importance of unique author identifiers - February 15, 2012
The Association of Lithuanian Serials, an Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) participant, hosted a conference on unique author identifiers on February 14, 2012, in Vilnius, Lithuania. The conference took place in the Lithuanian parliament (seimas). Three members of ORCID working groups presented at the conference,… Read More
