ARL and Ithaka S+R report on sustainability of digitised special collections - February 22, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and Ithaka S+R have released a report on findings from an ARL-Ithaka S+R survey of ARL libraries on the range of activities and expenses that libraries undertake to support their digitised special collections. The report, titled 'Appraising our Digital Investment:… Read More
AccessEngineering wins 2012 PROSE Award for best eProduct in Physical Sciences and Mathematics - February 22, 2013
Scientific and medical information resources provider McGraw-Hill Professional, US, has announced that its innovative reference and learning platform for engineers, AccessEngineering, was honored as the best eProduct in Physical Sciences and Mathematics at the 2012 Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (the PROSE Awards), in a… Read More
ORCID to host Outreach meeting in May - February 21, 2013
ORCID, an international, interdisciplinary, open and not-for-profit organisation, has announced that it will be hosting its biannual Outreach meeting on May 23, 2013, in Oxford UK. ORCID hosts two meetings in a year for the research community to learn about the progress of the ORCID initiative,… Read More
BMJ Group selected as preferred provider for NICE Electronic & Print Content Framework Agreement in England - February 21, 2013
Healthcare knowledge provider BMJ Group, UK, has been selected as a preferred provider for the recently established NICE Electronic & Print Content Framework Agreement in England. This means that NHS organisations and partner organisations in England, Wales and Northern Ireland can now purchase BMJ Group… Read More
China, Korea outpace other BRICK nations in research, says Thomson Reuters report - February 21, 2013
The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters has published a report titled 'Building Bricks: Exploring the Global Research Impact of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Korea'. The report tracks global research publications, R&D spend and patent filings over a 10-year period to gauge benchmarks… Read More
The Journal for Nurse Practitioners named official publication of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners - February 21, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that The Journal for Nurse Practitioners (JNP) has been chosen as an official publication of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). AANP is a new organisation formed by the merger of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and… Read More
