Touch Group launches four new clinical portals - June 11, 2012
Medical and health sciences media and communications company Touch Group plc, UK, has announced the launch of four new clinical portals. Driven by the content from Touch Medical Media’s review journals, these new portals seek to serve as an authoritative free–to–access resource that supports healthcare… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - June 11, 2012
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (The ALPSP Report on Six-Month Embargo Mandates — STM Journals Die Slowly, Social Science Journals Die Quickly); Sabine Hossenfelder (Scientific Publishing - Investing in our Future); Steve Patrizi (Why Every Publisher Needs An Engagement Server); and Anna Wesselink… Read More
Elsevier and the Society for Vascular Surgery launch new journal - June 8, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and the Society for Vascular Surgery has announced the launch of a new quarterly journal - Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders. The inaugural issue will appear in January, 2013. Elsevier currently publishes the Journal of Vascular Surgery on behalf… Read More
EBSCO awards two public libraries with one-year subscriptions to LibraryAware - June 8, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has awarded two public libraries with one-year subscriptions to LibraryAware, an online programme designed to maximise libraries’ promotional resources, helping them to integrate outreach with customisable, scalable tools and resources. The winners were chosen by drawing at a… Read More
NISO members approve project to formalise SIP as American National Standard - June 8, 2012
The voting members of US-based National Information Standards Organization (NISO) have approved a new project to formalise the 3M Standard Interchange Protocol (SIP) as an American National Standard. Introduced in 1993, the SIP protocol provides a mechanism for Integrated Library Systems (ILS) applications and self-service devices… Read More
BMJ Group appoints Tim Brooks as CEO - June 8, 2012
Medical information provider BMJ Group, UK, has announced the appointment of Tim Brooks, the former managing director of the Guardian News & Media, as CEO, effective October 1. He succeeds Stella Dutton, who is retiring from the company after 16 years. The BMJ Group publishes… Read More
