Indiana University selected as a partner institution in new data curation fellowship programme - April 26, 2012
Researchers are creating and using scientific data at unprecedented levels, underscoring the need for curators, or caretakers, to ensure that this massive amount of vital information is being maintained for important research. To help meet this need, Indiana University, through a joint effort between its Data… Read More
More than 12 million catalogue records from Harvard’s 73 libraries publicly available - April 26, 2012
The Harvard Library has announced that it is making more than 12 million catalogue records from Harvard’s 73 libraries publicly available. The records contain bibliographic information about books, videos, audio recordings, images, manuscripts, maps, and more. The Harvard Library is making these records available in… Read More
Solar Energy International selects Pearson to create a new professional textbook series - April 26, 2012
Print and digital education materials provider Pearson has been selected by Solar Energy International (SEI), a provider of technical training in solar, wind, water power and natural building technologies, to create a new professional textbook series available in print and eBook formats. SEI offers hands-on… Read More
Genome Designs to use SciDM tools to boost genome annotation pipelines - April 26, 2012
Custom genome annotation and metabolic modelling service provider Genome Designs, Inc., US, has announced a partnership with SciDM Group, a bioinformatics tools developer. Genome Designs will be using SciDM Group’s database engine, transcriptomics data processing pipeline and high throughput sequence comparison technology. The tools will be… Read More
FIZ Karlsruhe’s Inorganic Crystal Structure Database expands offer of evaluated records - April 25, 2012
The Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD), which claims to be the world's largest database of fully determined inorganic crystal structures, now offers more than 150,000 evaluated records. The database is produced by FIZ Karlsruhe in Germany and the National Institute for Standards and Technology in the… Read More
RSC partners with Asia Information Services to sell eBooks in China and Hong Kong - April 25, 2012
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has partnered with Asia Information Services (AIS) to sell RSC eBooks in China and Hong Kong. With more than 1,000 books, the RSC eBook Collection claims to be a definitive point of reference for those working in the chemical… Read More
