McGraw-Hill Professional names John Rennie as Editorial Director of Science Publishing Group - July 25, 2012
Scientific and medical information resources provider McGraw-Hill Professional, US, has announced that John Rennie has joined the division as editorial director, responsible for Professional's science programme. In his new role, Rennie will oversee the ongoing editorial development of the AccessScience digital subscription platform and the Encyclopedia… Read More
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins expands Lippincott’s Nursing Procedures and Skills to include oncology - July 25, 2012
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that it has expanded Lippincott’s Nursing Procedures and Skills (LNPS) to include oncology, a new category for the popular nursing reference. A total of 50 of the most critical oncology-specific nursing… Read More
Persée content now searchable via EBSCO Discovery Service - July 25, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that Persée content is now available via the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). Persée is a programme which was created for the digital publication of scientific journals in the field of the humanities. The entire printed collection… Read More
Kno Inc. provides new platform for Elsevier’s Pageburst digital books - July 25, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that education software company Kno Inc. will provide its latest platform option for one of Elsevier’s lines of digital books. Pageburst, which encompasses Elsevier’s nursing and health professions books in a digital format, will now offer even more flexibility and… Read More
University of Manitoba Libraries selects Ex Libris’ next-generation library management and discovery services - July 24, 2012
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that the University of Manitoba, a Canadian member of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), has selected the Alma unified resource management solution and the Primo discovery and delivery solution. The University of Manitoba Libraries… Read More
R&D leaders to present visions of the future at SPIE Optics and Photonics - July 24, 2012
SPIE Optics and Photonics, an interdisciplinary technical event, will be take place on August 12-16 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. The event will focus on research and technologies in solar, nano, optics, photonics and space optics, and is expected to draw… Read More
