JISC invites humanities and social science researchers to participate in online survey - April 2, 2012
The UK’s JISC is inviting humanities and social science researchers to participate in an online survey (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/oapenukresearcher) to help JISC Collections understand the future of the monograph. In an open access model the monograph is made freely available, but the process… Read More
FPRAA takes Center Stage at Congressional hearing - April 2, 2012
The U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight recently conducted a hearing on the topic ‘Examining Public Access and Scholarly Publication Interests.’ The hearing was designed to generate information regarding open access in general, but quickly turned into a discussion of the recently… Read More
US panel clears publication of revised version of bird flu studies - April 2, 2012
The US’ National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) recently announced its support to publish research studies showing how scientists made new easy-to-spread forms of bird flu. According to the board, the studies, now revised, do not reveal details bioterrorists could use.… Read More
NLM and Cengage Learning come together to complete mass-digitisation projects - April 2, 2012
The Archive and Modern Manuscripts Program of the National Library of Medicine’s History of Medicine Division recently worked with Cengage Learning to complete two full-collection digitisation projects for Archives Unbound, Cengage’s online digital archive and manuscripts resource. Cengage Learning is a provider of innovative teaching, learning… Read More
Pharmacy OneSource releases new version of Simplifi 797 - March 30, 2012
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that Pharmacy OneSource has released a new version of Simplifi 797, a web-based quality assurance software for USP chapter 797 compounding compliance. The upgraded version of Simplifi 797 includes CriticalPoint’s education programme, which gives… Read More
MarkLogic World 2012 event to offer keynotes, case studies, industry trends on Big Data - March 30, 2012
Enterprise software firm MarkLogic Corporation, US, has announced that Big Data experts will join the company at MarkLogic World 2012. The event will take place at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC from May 1-3, 2012. Participants at the event can expect to meet… Read More
