Health Economic Evaluations Database now available via EBSCOhost - October 10, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that the Health Economic Evaluations Database (HEED), a database containing information on studies of cost-effectiveness and other forms of economic evaluation of medicines, is now available via EBSCOhost. Initially developed as a joint initiative between the… Read More
Baker & Taylor upgrades digital media platform to include EPUB and PDF formats - October 9, 2012
Baker & Taylor, a distributor of digital and physical books, has released an upgrade to its popular Axis 360 digital media platform. New options allow library patrons to check out ebooks on e-readers compatible with EPUB and PDF formats, such as NOOK, Sony Reader and Kobo… Read More
ACCUCOMS and RINGGOLD sign representation deal - October 9, 2012
ACCUCOMS, a Netherlands-based provider of sales and marketing services to scholarly and society publishers, has signed a contract with RINGGOLD for exclusive representation for territories outside the UK and North America. This is the first such partnership between ACCUCOMS and another provider of publisher services. … Read More
Elsevier enhances Article Page Design on ScienceDirect - October 9, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the next step in enhancing its article page design on ScienceDirect. Following initial changes made earlier this year, moving away from the traditional linear article by improving in-article navigation and readability, the article has now been further transformed into an… Read More
The Charlesworth Group to represent Henry Stewart Talks in Mainland China - October 8, 2012
The Charlesworth Group has announced that Henry Stewart Talks, the UK producer of the Biomedical and Life Sciences Collection, has appointed the company to represent them in Mainland China. The collection of specially prepared, online, animated, audio-visual lectures by world leading scientists (including many Nobel… Read More
Jack Lynch resigns from Wolters Kluwer’s Member Executive Board - October 8, 2012
Professional information services provider Wolters Kluwer has announced that J.J. Lynch, Jr., Member of the Executive Board, has accepted an offer to become CEO of a company in the US software and information industry. As a consequence, Lynch will resign from the Wolters Kluwer Executive Board… Read More