AccessEngineering wins 2012 PROSE Award for best eProduct in Physical Sciences and Mathematics - February 22, 2013
Scientific and medical information resources provider McGraw-Hill Professional, US, has announced that its innovative reference and learning platform for engineers, AccessEngineering, was honored as the best eProduct in Physical Sciences and Mathematics at the 2012 Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (the PROSE Awards), in a… Read More
ARL and Ithaka S+R report on sustainability of digitised special collections - February 22, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and Ithaka S+R have released a report on findings from an ARL-Ithaka S+R survey of ARL libraries on the range of activities and expenses that libraries undertake to support their digitised special collections. The report, titled 'Appraising our Digital Investment:… Read More
Medi-Span Offers multi-faceted approach to addressing alert fatigue - February 22, 2013
Information services provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that it has developed a multi-faceted approach to addressing alert fatigue through its Medi-Span clinical decision support solutions. Medi-Span is said to combine its functionality for alert customisation and regular clinical content updates with 35… Read More
Ingram’s VitalSource Bookshelf e-textbook platform expands reach to Desire2Learn users - February 22, 2013
Vital Source Technologies, Inc., an Ingram Content Group company, has expanded the reach of its VitalSource Bookshelf platform through Desire2Learn, a leader in providing innovative learning solutions. Desire2Learn provides an open and extensive platform to over 700 clients with more than 8 million learners in… Read More
ORCID to host Outreach meeting in May - February 21, 2013
ORCID, an international, interdisciplinary, open and not-for-profit organisation, has announced that it will be hosting its biannual Outreach meeting on May 23, 2013, in Oxford UK. ORCID hosts two meetings in a year for the research community to learn about the progress of the ORCID initiative,… Read More
China, Korea outpace other BRICK nations in research, says Thomson Reuters report - February 21, 2013
The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters has published a report titled 'Building Bricks: Exploring the Global Research Impact of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Korea'. The report tracks global research publications, R&D spend and patent filings over a 10-year period to gauge benchmarks… Read More
