SPARC and the World Bank to co-host International Open Access Week 2014 kick-off event - July 7, 2014
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and the World Bank will co-host the official kickoff event for International Open Access Week 2014 on October 20, 2014, from 3-4pm EDT, with a reception to follow. The event will be held at the headquarters of the… Read More
WHO joins PubMed Central - July 7, 2014
Global health authority, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced the launch of a new open access policy in January 2014 to ensure the widespread dissemination of scientific research. The policy, which applies to all WHO-authored or WHO-funded research published in external journals and books, kicked into… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health’ Lexicomp to offer subscriptions to Logical Images’ flagship solution VisualDx - July 7, 2014
Wolters Kluwer Health, a provider of information and point-of-care solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced that the partnership between its drug information solution, Lexicomp, and digital medical image library, Logical Images, is continuing to grow, with Lexicomp now offering subscriptions to Logical Images' flagship solution… Read More
Georgia Department of Education selects CTB/McGraw-Hill to develop new online standardized student assessment - July 7, 2014
CTB/McGraw-Hill, one of US's leading educational assessment partners, has announced that the Georgia Department of Education (GDOE) has selected the company to develop a new customised state assessment for all Georgia students. The project will replace the state's current Criterion-Referenced Competency Test and End of Course… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health and ASAM release The ASAM Principles of Addiction Medicine, Fifth Edition - July 3, 2014
Wolters Kluwer Health, a provider of information and point-of-care solutions for the healthcare industry, together with the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) recently introduced The ASAM Principles of Addiction Medicine, Fifth Edition, one of the most respected references on the science of addiction and… Read More
Reed Technology and Information Services announces definitive agreement to acquire PatentCore - July 3, 2014
Reed Technology and Information Services Inc., a LexisNexis company, has announced a definitive agreement to acquire PatentCore, a privately held developer of the LexisNexis PatentAdvisor solution suite. The acquisition will extend the LexisNexis intellectual property (IP) offerings and give customers access to a broader range… Read More
