Elsevier launches PracticeUpdate, free information portal for physicians - March 21, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of PracticeUpdate, a free website featuring high-quality, relevant medical information and education resources. The site is aimed at the millions of physicians who seek news and articles to help them diagnose and treat their patients. Read More
BMJ Group and the American Diabetes Association partner to launch new OA journal - March 21, 2013
Medical publisher, BMJ Group has teamed up with the American Diabetes Association to publish an open access, online only journal. The new title, which will become the official open access publication of the Association, will formally launch in the Spring, as BMJ Open Diabetes Research &… Read More
John Wiley & Sons renews over sixty years of partnership with the Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society - March 21, 2013
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has renewed its relationship with the Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society (SPPS) - a partnership which began over sixty years ago. Wiley will continue to support the society's leading research journal Physiologia Plantarum, an international thought leader in the field… Read More
NoveList Select made available through Koha Open Source ILS - March 21, 2013
NoveList, a division of databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced that its new ILS integration NoveList Select is now available through Koha Open Source ILS. Patrons of the Los Gatos Library in Los Gatos, Calif., and other libraries who use the Koha open source Integrated… Read More
SPARC release open data resource for research funders - March 21, 2013
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has released a new community resource for research funders, titled 'Implementing an Open Data Policy'. This primer addresses key issues that these organisations encounter when considering the adoption and implementation of an open data policy. The guide covers… Read More
OSA launches new web-based submission and manuscript tracking system to streamline journal submissions - March 21, 2013
The Optical Society (OSA) has announced the launch of Prism, its new web-based submission and manuscript tracking system for its suite of scholarly journals. When fully implemented, Prism will include customised modules for authors, reviewers and editors and will replace OSA's current system for handling the… Read More
