Library and repository communities come together to identify new competencies for academic librarians - August 14, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR), and the Association of European Research Libraries (LIBER) have announced the launch of a Joint Task Force on Librarians' Competencies in Support of E-Research and Scholarly… Read More
Vision Prize and environmentalresearchweb collaborate to communicate scientists’ views on environmental issues - August 14, 2013
Vision Prize, an online research platform for capturing expert opinion, and IOP Publishing's community website, environmentalresearchweb, have signed an agreement that recognises a shared mission to communicate as widely as possible the views of scientists on issues concerning the environment. Through… Read More
ALCTS announces series of four webinars on Massive Open Online Courses - August 14, 2013
The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) is offering a series on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) as libraries and librarians carefully watch them develop. This series of four webinars will help librarians gain an understanding of the complexity of the MOOC 'movement,' learn… Read More
WebMD announces new appointments - August 14, 2013
Health information services provider WebMD Health Corp., US, has announced that its Board of Directors has appointed David J. Schlanger as Chief Executive Officer of WebMD and Dr. Steven L. Zatz as its President. Schlanger has served as Interim CEO since May 2013 and in… Read More
Platts expands forward curve offerings with M2MS-Gas and M2MS-Power - August 13, 2013
Energy and metals information provider Platts, a division of McGraw Hill Financial, has introduced an updated version of its daily North America Mark-to-Market (M2M) natural gas and power forward curve products, extending durations to 10 years and offering regional packaging and new analytical data. The… Read More
Elsevier launches open access video journal – Video Journal and Encyclopedia of GI Endoscopy - August 13, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of Video Journal and Encyclopedia of GI Endoscopy (VJGIEN) – an open access video journal providing scientists and clinicians with state-of-the-art visual information of gastrointestinal (GI) pathologies and step-by-step demonstrations. The journal is claimed to be the first… Read More
