Thomson Reuters partners with North American universities to evaluate and promote research output - August 31, 2012
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has joined forces with several North American universities to demonstrate the efficiency and impact of their research. The reliable and trusted indicators from Thomson Reuters InCites,… Read More
E-readers may survive media tablet onslaught as niche play, says ABI Research report - August 31, 2012
ABI Research's Media Tablets Research Service has released a report titled 'eReaders and the Digital Publishing Market'. The growing popularity of media tablets along with declining US baby boomer population and lack of organised digital bookstores outside of the US and Western Europe will reduce the… Read More
Registrations now open for ARL forum on workforce for 21st-century libraries - August 31, 2012
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced that it will host a forum, 'Library Workforce for 21st-Century Research Libraries,' on October 11–12, 2012, in Washington, DC, immediately following the ARL Membership Meeting. The forum is open to all and is geared for research library directors,… Read More
IEEE, other standards organisations endorse OpenStand’ principles - August 30, 2012
Five global organisations —IEEE, Internet Architecture Board (IAB), Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), Internet Society and World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) – have announced that they have signed a statement affirming the importance of a jointly developed set of principles establishing a modern paradigm for global,… Read More
Elsevier’s Gold Standard module to help Rite Aid pharmacies track legislation changes and streamline information sharing - August 30, 2012
Drug information provider Elsevier's Gold Standard, US, has announced that Rite Aid Corporation, one of the nation's leading drug store chains, has selected the Gold Standard Drug Database State and Federal module to monitor legislative updates made to prescription medications. The integration of the Gold Standard… Read More
Australian government renews national licence to access Cochrane Library - August 29, 2012
The Cochrane Library, an online resource published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, on behalf of the Cochrane Collaboration, is seen to benefit Australian patients and their healthcare practitioners for better health decisions. The Cochrane Library is stated to feature over 5,000 published systematic reviews… Read More
