Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - January 7, 2013
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (Intellectual Property Is a University's Best Friend); theGuardian (Why should academics get involved in outreach?); Nicholas Carr (Don't Burn Your Books—Print Is Here to Stay) and Sovan Mandal (Tablet and eBook Readers and the Impact They Have on… Read More
NFAIS to hold webinar on new platforms for accessing published works - January 4, 2013
The US' National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) will hold a 90-minute webinar on January 18, 2013. The webinar will take a look at Labtiva's ReadCube, a free, cross-platform software application that is being used by Nature Publishing to provide ease of access to a… Read More
ProVation Order Sets tops its category in KLAS Clinical Decision Support Report - January 4, 2013
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support, was ranked by KLAS as the top order set software in its annual report on the clinical decision support solutions market. The report, "Clinical Decision Support 2012: Order… Read More
Nature publishes survey result on researchers’ attitudes towards lab safety - January 4, 2013
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) has conducted an international survey of researchers' attitudes towards laboratory safety. Early results are reported in this week's issue of Nature, and the UC Center for Laboratory Safety is analysing the data further for future publication. The survey was commissioned… Read More
EBSCO invites entries for LibraryAware Community Award - January 4, 2013
EBSCO Information Services, US, has announced that the deadline is approaching for libraries interested in submitting entries for the first ever LibraryAware Community Award. Submissions must be postmarked by February 1. The award recognises cities and towns and their libraries, or library systems, that have demonstrated… Read More
Kevin A. Roth named editor-in-chief of ‘American Journal of Pathology’ - January 4, 2013
The American Journal of Pathology (AJP) has appointed neuropathologist Kevin A. Roth, M.D., Ph.D. as editor-in-chief as on January 1, 2013. Roth holds the Robert and Ruth Anderson Endowed Chair in Pathology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Involved in experimental pathology research… Read More
