Springer and the Italian Society of Applied and Industrial Mathematics partner to publish new book series - March 8, 2012
STM publisher Springer and the Italian Society of Applied and Industrial Mathematics (SIMAI) have announced a partnership to publish a new book series - SIMAI Springer Series. Research-level monographs, advanced textbooks and collected works in English will make up the series, focusing on the applications of… Read More
RSNA launches Radiology Select, a continuing series of topical collections of selected Radiology articles - March 7, 2012
The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) has launched Radiology Select (rsna.org/radiologyselect), a collection of Radiology articles focusing on a specific subspecialty topic. Published bi-annually, Radiology Select will feature 20 to 35 Radiology articles personally selected by one or more guest editors to form a… Read More
EBSCO Publishing’s first eBook subscription offering provides access to 70,000 eBook titles - March 7, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has released its first subscription eBook collection. eBook Academic Subscription Collection supplies full-text eBooks covering a broad spectrum of academic subjects from business to science and engineering to the humanities. Nearly 70,000 titles are included in eBook Academic… Read More
Thieme expands E-Book Library, adds new titles - March 7, 2012
STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has announced the expansion of its E-Book Library with the addition of titles in the areas of anatomy, complementary medicine, dermatology, neurology, and toxicology. Some of the most popular features of the site include offline viewing, as well as the… Read More
Elsevier announces completion of Kyoto University’s study on research activities and competencies at universities across Japan - March 6, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the completion Kyoto University's study on research activities and competencies at universities across Japan. The study was based on analyses of data driven from Elsevier's multidisciplinary abstract and citation database, SciVerse Scopus. Measuring the effect of the Japanese government's… Read More
Gartner predicts greater employee use of social media sites for corporate IAM - March 6, 2012
Technology research firm Gartner, Inc., US, has announced that fewer than 30 percent of large organisations will block employee access to social media sites by 2014, compared with 50 percent in 2010. The number of organisations blocking access to all social media is dropping by around… Read More