Summon service expands STM content via pact with CRCNetBase, BCS, SAE International - January 12, 2012
Serials Solutions, a business unit of US-based ProQuest LLC, has announced three new strategic content agreements. The move is seen to help its Summon service to continue to expand its comprehensive coverage of STM (Scientific, Technical, and Medical) content in the Summon unified index. CRCNetBase,… Read More
National Library of France selects EBSCO Discovery Service as its library discovery solution - January 11, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BNF), the National Library of France, has selected the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) as its library discovery solution. BNF had been looking to modernise its aging information system and… Read More
TEMIS and American Society for Microbiology sign license and services agreement - January 11, 2012
TEMIS, a US-based provider of Semantic Content Enrichment Solutions for the Enterprise, has signed a license and services agreement with the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). To serve its 40,000 members better, ASM is completely revamping its online content offering, and aggregating all of its… Read More
Combined markets for STM publishing grew 3.4 percent in 2011, says Simba report - January 9, 2012
Media and publishing forecast firm Simba Information, US, recently released a report that provides detailed market information for scientific, technical and medical (STM) publishing, segmented by delivery medium - journals, books, online services, newsletters/looseleafs, directories, and other (audio, video and CD-ROM). According to the report, amid… Read More
Springer launches SpringerLink mobile app for iPhone and iPod Touch - January 4, 2012
STM publisher Springer has announced the launch of the SpringerLink mobile app for iPhone and iPod Touch. The app is free to download from the iTunes App Store providing access to the science platform www.springerlink.com containing articles and chapters from over 2,000… Read More
First in series of ‘Stories in Medicine’ podcasts to focus on infectious disease - December 28, 2011
Journal Medicine, published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, will launch a series of podcasts featuring pioneering infectious disease physician Dr. John Bartlett, beginning this month. The first podcast in the 'Stories in Medicine' series is now available at
