Entries now open for 2012 PROSE Awards - October 3, 2012
The Association of American Publishers has announced that entries are now being accepted through October 31 for the 2012 PROSE Awards, the American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence. The PROSE Awards, one of the most prestigious programs honoring works in professional and scholarly… Read More
Accelrys appoints Leif Pedersen as Senior VP, Marketing, Product Management and Corporate Development - October 3, 2012
Accelrys, Inc., a US-based provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management software, has announced the appointment of Leif Pedersen as senior vice president of marketing, product management and corporate development. Pedersen joins Accelrys as the company expands its breadth of scientific innovation lifecycle software into multiple vertical… Read More
Elsevier collaborates with Roche to integrate proprietary Chemistry data in Reaxys - October 2, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the integration of Roche propriety reaction information within Reaxys, which will run on Roche’s infrastructure and inside the Roche firewall to provide high performance and security. Roche chemistry information will now be securely searchable and discoverable by Roche scientists… Read More
Springer begins worldwide migration of customers to new SpringerLink - October 2, 2012
STM publisher Springer has begun migrating its global library customers to its new and improved version of the SpringerLink platform. The platform was re-engineered with a focus on improving the user experience based on three principles - speed, simplicity and optimisation. After more than 18… Read More
Naturejobs launches new mobile app, expands services for jobseekers - October 2, 2012
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group, UK, has announced that its international jobs board, Naturejobs, is further expanding its services for jobseekers with a new mobile app that can be downloaded free of charge to iPhone and Android devices. Naturejobs.com also re-launched in May, providing a new… Read More
Open Access initiative SCOAP3 launched at CERN - October 2, 2012
Representatives from the science funding agencies and library communities of 29 countries met at CERN on October 1, 2012, to launch the SCOAP3 Open Access initiative. CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, claims to be world's leading laboratory for particle physics.… Read More
