Semantico Ltd. and Society of Petroleum Engineers launch redesigned OnePetro platform - January 17, 2014
Online publishing services provider Semantico Ltd., UK, and the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) have announced the launch of the redesigned OnePetro platform. OnePetro is an online library of journals and technical literature for the oil and gas exploration and production industry.… Read More
Mellon Foundation to fund CRL Archive Analysis - January 17, 2014
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation recently awarded the Center for Research Libraries major funding to expand analysis and planning on an international level for archiving and strategic digitisation in two areas of library collecting - print journals and newspapers. Funding of $848,000 over a two-year period… Read More
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health launches nationwide open access to UpToDate - January 16, 2014
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that the Ministry of Health (MOH) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has launched nationwide open access to UpToDate, providing nearly 80,000 physicians and nurses with access to its acclaimed clinical decision support resource. Starting in… Read More
ACM’s new e-books series to cover entire spectrum of Computer Science topics - January 16, 2014
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has initiated a new publishing venture aimed at filling the need for outstanding computer science books. This new series, called ACM Books, complements ACM's current journals and conference publishing activities. It is targeted at the growing computing community, including authors,… Read More
John Wiley & Sons Inc. partners with WiserTogether to improve healthcare decision making for employees - January 16, 2014
WiserTogether, Inc., a cloud-based, consumer-focused health decision-making platform, has announced that publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc. will offer Wiser Health to US-based colleagues and family members. Wiser Health helps healthcare consumers find the best care – not just the lowest cost. The patented platform… Read More
EBSCO Industries President and CEO F. Dixon Brooke Jr. announces retirement, Tim Collins to succeed Brooke - January 16, 2014
After four decades at Elton B. Stephens Co. (EBSCO), President and CEO F. Dixon Brooke Jr. announced his plans to retire at the end of this current fiscal year, June 30, 2014. Brooke joined EBSCO in 1973, and has spent the past eight and a half years serving as President… Read More
