University of Kentucky’s UK HealthCare selects Elsevier’s InOrder for its order sets solution - October 30, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that University of Kentucky's UK HealthCare (UKHC), a health system with more than 80 specialised clinics throughout the state, has selected Elsevier's InOrder for its order sets solution. The cloud-based InOrder enables clinicians, physicians and informaticists to… Read More
New PCG study shows 23 percent of libraries cover APCs for author submissions to OA journals - October 29, 2014
Marketing and sales consulting firm Publishers Communication Group (PCG), a division of Publishing Technology, has released the results of a new survey, according to which, academic libraries are getting more involved in the cataloguing and funding of Gold Open Access (OA) publications. Gold Open Access, though… Read More
AMA launches interactive new tool aimed at assisting physicians and other healthcare providers improve patient access to care - October 29, 2014
The American Medical Association (AMA) has introduced a first-of-its-kind resource aimed at helping physicians and other healthcare providers improve patient access to care. The AMA's Health Workforce Mapper is an interactive tool that illustrates the geographic locations of the healthcare work force in each state,… Read More
Webinar on Libraries, Researchers and ORCID scheduled for October 30 - October 23, 2014
The Open Research and Contributor ID (ORCID) has announced a forthcoming webinar on Libraries, Researchers and ORCID. This webinar will explore the ways that libraries can support researchers in creating and using their ORCID iDs. The webinar will be held on October 30th, at 0800 (New… Read More
NPG and Palgrave Macmillan make data from Author Insights survey publicly available as part of Open Access Week - October 21, 2014
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and Palgrave Macmillan are making data from their Author Insights survey publicly available for the first time as part of Open Access Week. The survey, which contains views from 30,466 researchers, is the biggest publisher survey of authors’ views to… Read More
International Open Access Week shines spotlight on increasing the impact of scientific research - October 20, 2014
Hundreds of events will take place across the globe to highlight the power that Open Access has to increase the impact of scientific and scholarly research during the seventh annual Open Access Week taking place from October 20-26, 2014. This year's theme of 'Generation Open' highlights the important role… Read More