Elsevier announces new Reference Modules in Food Science and Materials Science - June 15, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced two new Reference Modules, the first in Food Science and the second in Materials Science and Materials Engineering. Each will provide researchers, engineers and students access to reference content updated as science progresses. They are available now for pre-sale. Access for… Read More
NIH approves strategic vision to transform National Library of Medicine - June 12, 2015
National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis S. Collins approved a federal report that lays out the long-term scientific vision for the NIH's National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world's largest biomedical library. This vision, presented at the 110th meeting of the Advisory Committee to the… Read More
The German National Library of Science and Technology to host 36th Annual IATUL Conference 2015 - June 11, 2015
The German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) will be hosting this year's English-language conference of the International Association of University Libraries (IATUL) at Hannover Congress Centrum (HCC) from July 5-9, 2015. Those interested in attending the five-day conference 'Strategic Partnerships for Access and Discovery'… Read More
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
Registrations now open for 7th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing - June 8, 2015
The Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) has announced that registration is now open for the 7th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (COASP) which will be held in the Trippenhuis at The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts & Sciences (KNAW) in Amsterdam, September 15-17, 2015.… Read More
ProQuest presents at the CALIS Annual Conference - June 5, 2015
CALIS (China Academic Library and Information System) recently hosted its annual conference on May 12, 2015, in Shanghai. Imported resources from overseas are one of the most important parts of library construction. Since 2002, CALIS (China Academic Library and Information System) has successfully hosted an annual conference to help… Read More