Elsevier opens registration for Global Engineering Academic Challenge to support active learning - October 6, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier has opened registration for the Engineering Academic Challege (EAC) 2016 - which officially begins on 10th October 2016. The annual five-week challenge gives engineering professors, instructors and librarians around the world the chance to integrate real-world engineering and science problem-solving into their STEM… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health to acquire Emmi Solutions - October 5, 2016
The Health division of Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, has signed an agreement to acquire Emmi Solutions (Emmi), the U.S. providers of patient engagement solutions, for $170 million in cash. Founded in 2002, Emmi is… Read More
Adis teams up with Amplion to deliver biomarker data to AdisInsight users - October 5, 2016
Adis, a global provider of drug information, has announced a partnership with biomarker information provider Amplion to enrich drug and clinical trial content in the AdisInsight platform with curated biomarker data. The new data is fully integrated into the AdisInsight platform meaning that users can… Read More
COAR releases ‘Resource Type’ Controlled Vocabulary for Open Access Repositories - October 5, 2016
The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) has announced the public release of the 'Resource Type' Controlled Vocabulary for Open Access Repositories, version 1.1. The vocabulary articulates the different types of content available in repositories (and other scholarly systems) in a standardised way. The vocabulary will… Read More
ACRL releases new version Scholarly Communication Toolkit - October 5, 2016
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has released a new version of its popular Scholarly Communication Toolkit. The Toolkit has been updated with new and revised content and is now hosted through Springshare's LibGuides. The Toolkit, developed and maintained by the ACRL Research and… Read More
Thieme Chemistry releases Science of Synthesis 4.5, includes Metal-Catalysed Cyclisation Reactions and latest updates - October 5, 2016
Scientific publisher Thieme Chemistry has released the latest update of its most up-to-date evaluated digital reference work, Science of Synthesis, adding two new volumes on metal-catalysed cyclisation reactions. Science of Synthesis 4.5 comprises a total of more than 1,800 printed pages of new content, including a… Read More
