WK Health and The Altos Group partner to develop sepsis mortality reduction programme - August 30, 2012
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced a strategic partnership with The Altos Group to advance development of an innovative sepsis mortality reduction programme. Hospitals are currently being enrolled to serve as pilot sites in the programme, which brings together mobile technology, actionable clinical… Read More
MetaPress appoints Mark Carden as Business Development Director for Europe - August 30, 2012
MetaPress, a web hosting platform service for STM content as well as humanities and social sciences, has announced that it has retained Mark Carden to act as director of sales, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Carden is a technology and education consultant with more… Read More
LITA unveils guide on electronic resources management for librarians - August 30, 2012
The Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has unveiled Managing Electronic Resources, a guide published by Neal-Schuman Publishers. The resource provides advice on the tools and best practices in the field of electronic resource management, helping librarians tackle… Read More
LibQUAL+ opens registration for 2013 - August 30, 2012
LibQUAL+ has announced the opening of registration for 2013. With an ever-expanding community composed of libraries from over 25 countries around the world, now is the time to kick-start your assessment with the capability to benchmark with more than a million complete surveys of data. … Read More
De Gruyter and Commercial Press announce strategic partnership - August 30, 2012
Academic publisher De Gruyter, Germany, has entered into a strategic partnership with Commercial Press, a renowned Chinese publisher in the humanities and social sciences. The partnership agreement, which is effective immediately, provides for the intensive exchange of academic content between the two publishing houses. Commercial… Read More
Springer unveils fully open access option for books - August 29, 2012
STM publisher Springer, Germany, plans to expand its open access (OA) programme by offering a fully OA option for books. This is expected to extend the company's SpringerOpen and BioMed Central journal portfolio, and its Springer Open Choice option. Any electronic version of a SpringerOpen book… Read More