Russia set to launch National Digital Library in 2015 - December 31, 2014
Russia recently unveiled new plans to launch a National Digital Library in 2015. According to the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky, the new initiative will transform local libraries into modern information and cultural hubs. Citizens' access to the service will be via the internet with a single electronic library ticket.… Read More
Holiday Notice - December 31, 2014
This is to inform our esteemed subscribers that there will be no newsletter dispatch on January 1st and January 2nd. We will resume our newsletter service on Monday, January 5, 2015. The newsletter will contain all the headlines that have appeared after the December 31st issue. We take this opportunity… Read More
arXiv analysis finds that ‘text overlap’ clutters scientific papers - December 31, 2014
Computer text analysis of a huge database of scientific papers shows a large amount of 'text overlap,' where authors use text from previous papers of their own and others, not always with attribution. According to Cornell University Library researchers, this is not necessarily good or bad.… Read More
Dora Angelaki named new editor-in-chief of The Journal of Neuroscience - December 31, 2014
The Society of Neuroscience has announced the appointment of Dora Angelaki as editor-in-chief of The Journal of Neuroscience, effective January 1. She will succeed John Maunsell, who served as editor-in-chief of the journal for seven years. Angelaki, the Wilhelmina Robertson professor and chair of the… Read More
Mercy Health to implement ProVation Care Plans, powered by Lippincott Solutions, to enhance care quality and patient outcomes - December 30, 2014
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that Mercy Health will implement ProVation® Care Plans, powered by Lippincott Solutions, for evidence-based interdisciplinary care plan content and content management. A central component of a healthcare organisation's care quality and core measures improvement strategy, ProVation Care Plans… Read More
Wellcome Trust appoints John Isaac as new head of Neuroscience and Mental Health - December 30, 2014
Wellcome Trust has announced that John Isaac has been appointed the new head of Neuroscience and Mental Health. John joins the Trust from Eli Lilly and Company, where he led a team of labs dedicated to identifying new therapies for Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia. John's… Read More
