touchENDOCRINOLOGY and International Diabetes Federation renew partnership - August 5, 2013
touchENDOCRINOLOGY, a division of Touch Medical Media, has renewed its partnership with the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), providing members with free access to industry leading review journals US Endocrinology and European Endocrinology. The IDF is an umbrella organisation of over 200 national diabetes associations in… Read More
CONTEC Frankfurt – new speakers and sessions announced - August 1, 2013
The Frankfurt Academy team is planning the inaugural edition of CONTEC Frankfurt – a new conference series created to meet the needs of all members of the publishing ecosystem. On the eve of the Frankfurt Book Fair (October 8, 2013), CONTEC Frankfurt will shed light on… Read More
ARL joins coalition in urging Congress to evaluate, reform NSA surveillance - August 1, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), together with 59 other privacy and civil liberties groups, recently sent a letter to the US Senate Judiciary Committee, calling on Congress to evaluate the National Security Agency's (NSA) surveillance programs and risks to civil liberties.… Read More
ORCID launches two premium member services - July 31, 2013
ORCID, a non-profit organisation that provides an open registry of unique identifiers for researchers, has announced the launch of two premium member services - change notifications and monthly data files. Premium members can now use these features to synchronise data with the ORCID Registry. Change Notifications… Read More
IDPF calls for participation in EDUPUB Workshop - July 31, 2013
The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) has announced EDUPUB, an IDPF workshop on digital publishing for education. The workshop will take place October 29-30, 2013 in Boston (USA). EDUPUB is hosted by Pearson Education and organisationally co-sponsored by W3C and IMS Global Learning, with corporate… Read More
Howard Ratner joins CHORUS to guide start-up phase - July 31, 2013
The Clearinghouse for the Open Research of the United States (CHORUS) has announced that Howard Ratner has joined CHORUS as Director of Development in its start-up phase to lead the proof of concept - a conceptual design framework - and pilot stages for all stakeholders. … Read More