New Chemical Resistance Database available via Knovel - June 9, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has introduced its Chemical Resistance Database: Plastics and Elastomers. Available via Knovel, the database is the industry's largest compilation of normalized data detailing the degradation of plastics and elastomers exposed to a variety of environments and elements. Characterizing the effect of thousands of… Read More
Kkottongnae University in Korea implements EBSCO Discovery Service - June 9, 2015
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that Kkottongnae University in Korea has chosen EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) to help integrate resources in the library and simplify the research process for students. Kkottongnae University's mission is to be a new model for social welfare education and it… Read More
Digital Science appoints Daniel Hook as new Managing Director - June 9, 2015
Global technology company Digital Science has announced the appointment of Daniel Hook, currently Director of Research Metrics at Digital Science, as its new Managing Director. Hook assumes this role from Timo Hannay, who has served as MD since the company's inception in 2009. After five years… Read More
BMJ set to publish new international orthopaedic sports medicine journal - June 9, 2015
Global healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has added The Journal of ISAKOS: Joint Disorders & Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (JISAKOS) to its extensive portfolio of specialty journals. The new title, slated for launch in spring 2016, will serve as an official journal of the International Society of Arthroscopy,… Read More
JHUP awarded grant to develop ‘MUSE Open’ - June 9, 2015
Johns Hopkins University Press has been awarded a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the development of MUSE Open, a distribution channel for open access monographs through Project MUSE, a leading provider of digital humanities and social science content for the scholarly community.… Read More
Library Journal and Gale name Ferguson Municipal Public Library 2015 Library of the Year - June 9, 2015
Ferguson Municipal Public Library of Ferguson has been named the 2015 Library of the Year by Library Journal magazine and Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. The small suburban library rose above the chaos and stepped up to provide sanctuary and resources for all in a… Read More
