American Society for Cell Biology partners with March for Science organisers - February 27, 2017
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) recently signed an agreement officially lending its support to the national March for Science rally and teach-in in Washington, DC, scheduled for Earth Day, April 22. ASCB was among the first to uphold the event's mission to "unite the… Read More
Dr. E. James Prendergast, Executive Director, IEEE, to retire in early 2018 - February 27, 2017
Technical professional organisation IEEE has announced that Dr. E. James Prendergast, current Executive Director, has chosen to retire in early 2018 after almost nine years of service. Dr. Prendergast joined IEEE as Executive Director in 2009. Following his arrival, IEEE has continued to expand its… Read More
FDB launches new medical device knowledge platform, FDB Prizm - February 27, 2017
Drug and medical device knowledge provider First Databank, Inc. (FDB) has launched a new medical device knowledge platform, FDB Prizm™. The platform, comprising a structured and categorised medical device knowledge base made available via web service APIs, enables actionable insight on medical devices within healthcare information… Read More
Dr. Gigi Osler elected 2017 CMA president-elect nominee - February 27, 2017
Dr. Gigi Osler has been selected by the members of Doctors Manitoba to be the nominee as president-elect of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA). Voting took place from February 1 to 22. The other candidates were Dr. Martha Ainslie, Dr. Marcia Anderson DeCoteau, Dr. Darcy Johnson… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - February 27, 2017
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Roger C. Schonfeld (Who Has All the Content?); Faye Halpern and James Phelan (Writing an Effective Abstract: An Audience-Based Approach); Rick Anderson (The Forbidden Forecast: Thinking About Open Access and Library Subscriptions); Sabina Leonelli (Big and open data are prompting… Read More
Five Elsevier titles honoured with Textbook Excellence awards - February 24, 2017
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that five of its books will receive 2017 textbook awards in the College category from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA). Three titles will receive the Textbook Excellence Award, better known as a "Texty;" one title will receive the Most… Read More
