UK public sector saving £28 million through open access to scholarly content, say reports - May 2, 2012
The UK Open Access Implementation Group (OAIG) has released two reports that say open access (OA) to published scholarly research offers significant benefits to the UK. The UK public sector already saves £28.6 million by using OA. The reports make it clear that both the… Read More
MEI overhauls Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s quarterly publication using Adobe Digital Publishing Suite - May 2, 2012
Managing Editor Inc. (MEI), an Adobe premier development partner, has announced that the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is now using Adobe Digital Publishing Suite to produce the iPad edition of its quarterly magazine - HHMI Bulletin. HHMI hired MEI's design and production team to help… Read More
E-book consumers choosing tablets over e-readers, says BISG Study - May 1, 2012
E-book consumers’ preference for tablets is accelerating rapidly as dedicated e-readers drop in popularity, according to the Book Industry Study Group’s (BISG) Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading survey. The second installment in Volume Three of the study shows that, over the course of just six months,… Read More
GenomeQuest and Questel partner for IP platform integration - May 1, 2012
US-based Questel, a provider of online information services, and GenomeQuest, a provider of large-scale genomic software applications, have announced a partnership to integrate their respective platforms for researching and managing global IP. Specifically, GQ-IP users will now have the option to review biological sequence patents directly… Read More
A-levels not equipping students with appropriate mathematical skills, says SCORE report - April 30, 2012
The UK's Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) hosted an event at the Chemistry Centre in London last week, at which the science-alliance SCORE launched a report on A levels and science. RSC is a SCORE partner. New evidence shows that A-levels in a range of… Read More
Journal of Infusion Nursing unveils iPad edition at INS conference - April 30, 2012
Journal of Infusion Nursing, the official publication of the Infusion Nurses Society (INS), has unveiled an iPad app. It is being showcased at the INS 2012 Annual Conference in Las Vegas, April 28 - May 3. The Journal of Infusion Nursing is published by Lippincott Williams… Read More
