New agreement between Max Planck Society and SPIE paves way for open access publication in SPIE Digital Library - April 30, 2014
The Max Planck Society has announced a new agreement with SPIE the international society for optics and photonics. Research articles by authors at the Max Planck Society institutes that are published in SPIE journals will be open access. The Max Planck Society will pay open access… Read More
Twelve new ebook and journal publishers join Publishing Technology’s ingentaconnect service - April 29, 2014
Content solutions provider Publishing Technology has announced that twelve new ebook and journal publishers have signed to its flagship ingentaconnect portal, known as the home of scholarly research. Currently aggregating 11,764 publications and 5,700,905 articles from 255 publishers such as Wiley-Blackwell, Taylor & Francis, Bentham Science,… Read More
OCLC releases WorldCat Works as linked data - April 29, 2014
OCLC, the non-profit computer library service and research organisation, has made 197 million bibliographic work descriptions - WorldCat Works - available as linked data, a format native to the Web that will improve discovery of library collections through a variety of popular sites and Web services.… Read More
Hearst Corporation acquires CareInSync - April 28, 2014
Hearst Corporation's healthcare group, Hearst Health, has announced its acquisition of CareInSync, a software solutions company providing a real-time, mobile platform to improve patient care by enhancing communications between care providers and patients. Financial terms were not disclosed. Santa Clara, California-based CareInSync, will now become part… Read More
Kettering Health Network selects Wolters Kluwer Health’s ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate decision support - April 28, 2014
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that Kettering Health Network has selected ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision Support as its clinical content management system. A central component of a healthcare organisation's care quality and core measures improvement strategy, ProVation Order Sets… Read More
IHS Inc. granted new patent for proprietary, next-generation search technology - April 28, 2014
IHS Inc., a global source of critical information and insight, has announced that it has been granted a new patent for the question-answering technology behind its IHS Goldfire software, used by companies to accelerate research and power innovation. Patent No. 8,666,730, labeled "Question-Answering System and… Read More
