IEEE-CS develops new personalised information tool to keep up with cutting-edge technology - August 12, 2013
The IEEE Computer Society, a membership organisation for computing professionals, has developed a new personalised information tool that provides technology readers with the ability to customise their experience and easily stay up to date on specific technology interests. myComputer provides content choices. Users can select… Read More
SAGE and Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs launch new journal – Drug Science, Policy and Law - August 12, 2013
Academic publisher SAGE and the Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs (ICSD) recently announced the launch of Drug Science, Policy and Law, an online journal supporting the ICSD's goals of providing accessible information on drugs to the public and professionals. The ISCD was founded to investigate… Read More
Systems Link International makes access to academic journals easy - August 12, 2013
Academic journals provider Systems Link International has recently gained immense recognition for its provision of high quality publications of various academic disciplines. Their extensive online database and virtual libraries has made researching more efficient for numerous students and professors. The company, which was founded in 2005,… Read More
Penton’s Urgent Communications to focus solely on digital content - August 12, 2013
Penton, a privately held business information company, has announced that Urgent Communications (UC), a media outlet that covers communications technology for the government, public safety, utility, transportation and enterprise sectors, will focus solely on digital content, effective immediately. The August 2013 issue is the last print… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - August 12, 2013
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (For Libraries the Future Is a Foreign Country); Barbara Fister (Making Open the Default Position | Peer to Peer Review); Limor Peer (Data repositories are expanding their role to ensure quality of reproducible research); David Crotty (Is Access… Read More
Elsevier acquires certain book assets of Gulf Publishing Company - August 9, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has acquired certain book assets of Gulf Publishing Company (GPC). The portfolio of 32 books includes petroleum engineering titles in drilling, pipeline, oil and gas, and safety. The GPC titles are for professionals in upstream oil and gas engineering and cover drilling,… Read More