Cambridge Journals set to publish Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America’s official publication - May 1, 2014
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and Cambridge Journals, a division of Cambridge University Press, have announced a new publishing partnership. Under the deal, Cambridge Journals will publish SHEA's flagship scientific publication, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (ICHE), starting January 2015. Now in… Read More
UK Research Council funding data comes to life in two new visualisations - May 1, 2014
A competition run by British Library, BBRSC and AHRC challenged the public to create a visualisation showing how £3 billion of funding is apportioned across the UK. The winners of the Visualising Research competition were announced by a panel of judges from BBRSC, AHRC, Indiana… Read More
The Data Conservancy, IEEE, and Portico receive Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant to connect publications and their linked data - May 1, 2014
The Data Conservancy, IEEE, and Portico have announced their partnership to design and prototype a data curation infrastructure that connects published research and associated data sets for the long-term benefit of researchers worldwide. This two-year project, which is supported by a $602,000… Read More
edX selects VitalSource Bookshelf e-textbook platform to distribute publisher content for its massive open online learning courses - May 1, 2014
Vital Source Technologies, Inc., an Ingram Content Group company, has announced that edX, the non-profit online learning initiative, has selected the VitalSource Bookshelf® e-textbook platform to distribute publisher content for its massive open online learning courses (MOOCs). Vital Source will distribute e-textbook content from leading… Read More
Nature Publishing Group expands Nature family of research journals with the launch of Nature Plants - April 30, 2014
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) has introduced the newest member of the Nature family of research journals: Nature Plants. Launching in January 2015, Nature Plants will be the first journal in the field to focus on excellence in research across the plant sciences, building upon… Read More
Rivisteweb journals now searchable via EBSCO Discovery Service - April 30, 2014
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that top humanities and social sciences journals via Rivisteweb are now searchable via EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS). Il Mulino, an academic publisher in Italy, offers the prominent journals for both Carocci Editore and Il Mulino via its… Read More
