R&D leaders to present visions of the future at SPIE Optics and Photonics - July 24, 2012
SPIE Optics and Photonics, an interdisciplinary technical event, will be take place on August 12-16 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. The event will focus on research and technologies in solar, nano, optics, photonics and space optics, and is expected to draw… Read More
Loss of bookstores does not translate into growth of e-books, says Simba report - July 24, 2012
Media forecast and research firm Simba Information, US, has released the fourth edition of the 'Trends in Trade Book Retailing' report. The report compiles data from multiple sources to confirm what Simba anticipated in the third edition: that the loss of bookstores would not translate into… Read More
SAE International launches new journal on automotive alternative powertrains - July 24, 2012
Engineers and technical experts association SAE International has announced the launch of a new scholarly journal on automotive alternative powertrains. The SAE International Journal of Alternative Powertrains seeks to provide a forum for scholarly publication of original research and review papers that address challenges and present… Read More
University of Manitoba Libraries selects Ex Libris’ next-generation library management and discovery services - July 24, 2012
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that the University of Manitoba, a Canadian member of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), has selected the Alma unified resource management solution and the Primo discovery and delivery solution. The University of Manitoba Libraries… Read More
ORCID Registry set for October 2012 launch, solicits launch partners - July 23, 2012
ORCID an international, interdisciplinary, open and not-for-profit organisation, has announced that the ORCID Registry will go live in October 2012. Once the registry is launched, individuals can register for a persistent ORCID ID to manage their ORCID record. In addition to the public registry, the October… Read More
Nature Publishing Group’s Linked Data Platform now hosts over 270 million RDF statements - July 23, 2012
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced that its Linked Data Platform now hosts more than 270 million Resource Description Framework (RDF) statements. It has been expanded more than ten times, in a growing number of datasets. These datasets have been created under the… Read More
