Accelrys launches Accelrys Insight, provides web-based and collaborative environment for effective knowledge management - September 24, 2013
Accelrys, Inc., a provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management solutions, has announced Accelrys Insight and Accelrys Insight for Excel, completing the roll-out of Accelrys' next-generation cheminformatics suite and providing an interactive, collaborative environment for rapid and effective decision-making in drug discovery. Accelrys Insight and Accelrys… Read More
CAS and the Czech Consortium partner to provide SciFinder to faculty, staff and students at universities in the Czech Republic - September 23, 2013
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), the world's authority for chemical information, and the Czech Consortium, a regional consortium of schools outside Prague, jointly announced their collaboration to provide SciFinder to member universities. SciFinder is the proprietary search and analysis tool that accesses CAS databases, which claims to… Read More
ARL urges FCC to support e-reader accessibility - September 23, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) submitted reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opposing a petition filed by the Coalition of E-Reader Manufacturers on September 13, 2013. The manufacturers are requesting a waiver from the FCC that would exempt e-readers from the requirement that… Read More
Journal of Nursing Education announces winner of annual Christine A. Tanner Scholarly Writing Award - September 23, 2013
The Journal of Nursing Education has announced the winner of this year's annual Christine A. Tanner Scholarly Writing Award. The 2013 winners are Dr. Cynthia M. Clark; Lynda Olender; Diane Kenski; and Cari Cardoni for 'Exploring and Addressing Faculty-to-Faculty Incivility: A National Perspective and Literature Review,' which was published… Read More
Numérique Premium partners with Publishing Technology to launch customised ebook platform - September 23, 2013
Paris-based content aggregator Numérique Premium (a subsidiary of Nouveau Monde editions) has teamed up with Publishing Technology to launch a new, custom-built site for all its ebook content. Now live on Publishing Technology's pub2web platform, the Numérique Premium hub is the new home of all… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - September 23, 2013
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: David Crotty (CHORUS Comes Into Focus); Joe Wikert (In search of a better search); Martyn Daniels (So Who Will Pay The eBook VAT on 1st January 2015?); and Cristina Costa (Open peer review is a welcome step towards transparency, but… Read More
