ARL, AAU and APLU form joint steering group to build federated system for publicly funded research - August 30, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Association of American Universities (AAU), and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) have announced the formation of a joint steering group to advance a proposed network of digital repositories at universities, libraries, and other research institutions across… Read More
BioOne announces 2014 Collections - August 30, 2013
BioOne, the global source for leading edge bioscience research, has announced that three new titles and their respective not-for-profit publishers have joined the 2014 BioOne Collections. These include Arachnology, published by the British Arachnological Society; Ardeola, published by the Spanish Society of Ornithology (SEO/Birdlife); and Herzogia,… Read More
Holiday Notice - August 30, 2013
This is to inform our esteemed subscribers that there will be no newsletter dispatch on September 2, 2013, on account of Labor Day. We will resume our newsletter service on Tuesday, September 3, 2013. The newsletter will contain all the headlines that have appeared after the August 30th issue. Read More
Knovel launches Marine Engineering & Naval Architecture subject area - August 29, 2013
Knovel, the US-based provider of a Web-based application that integrates technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced its 32nd subject area - Marine Engineering & Naval Architecture. Developed for design engineers in the engineering design & construction and oil & gas sectors, the collection… Read More
Thomson Reuters unveils two new editions of Thomson IP Manager – Cloud and Jumpstart - August 29, 2013
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced the launch of two new editions of its intellectual asset management solution Thomson IP Manager - Cloud and Jumpstart. These are in addition to the locally installed Enterprise Edition, ideal for large portfolios and complex… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health and China’s People’s Medical Publishing House sign MOU to boost healthcare publishing - August 29, 2013
Information and point-of-care solutions provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that it will work together with the People's Health Publishing House (PMPH), one of the largest medical publishers in China, to expand its domestic and foreign healthcare publishing market. Under the MOU, Wolters Kluwer… Read More