BioMed Central to celebrate Open Access Week 2012 via activities across the globe - October 22, 2012
Open access (OA) publisher BioMed Central has announced that, as the official sponsor of Open Access Week 2012, it is participating in various activities around the globe for the event. Open Access Week, organised by SPARC, is now entering its sixth year. It is projected as… Read More
Elsevier and Capes / MEC announce winners of SciVal Award Brazil 2012 - October 22, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, in partnership with the Federal Coordination of Improvement of Personnel in Higher Education (Capes / MEC), has announced the winners of the second edition of SciVal Award Brazil 2012, honouring higher education and research institutions for their contribution to the scientific development… Read More
ALA and EBSCO partner to offer five scholarships to librarians attending 2013 ALA Midwinter Meeting - October 22, 2012
The American Library Association (ALA) and EBSCO are partnering to offer scholarships to five librarians who plan to attend the 2013 ALA Midwinter Meeting. Scheduled for January 24 – 28, 2013, in Seattle, the meeting gives library professionals an opportunity to participate… Read More
Pharmacy OneSource to host free webinar on value based-purchasing and readmissions reduction - October 22, 2012
Software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider Pharmacy OneSource, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, is hosting a complimentary webinar with Steve Riddle, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP on 'An Update on Medicare's Value-based Purchasing and Readmissions Reduction Programs: Positioning Pharmacy as Team Leaders.' The webinar is scheduled for October 31,… Read More
SAGE to publish The Journal of International Medical Research - October 22, 2012
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the purchase of The Journal of International Medical Research from Field House Publishing LLP. Edited by Professor Malcolm Lader of King’s College London, The Journal of International Medical Research is a peer reviewed international journal, now in its 40th volume. All… Read More
University Libraries at Virginia Tech join HathiTrust - October 22, 2012
The University Libraries at Virginia Tech has joined the HathiTrust, a partnership of major academic and research libraries that are collaborating to build a digital library initiative that preserves and provides access to the published record in digital form. As HathiTrust members, Virginia Tech students,… Read More
