RLUK and OCLC expand partnership for shared collection management and visibility goals - November 17, 2014
OCLC and Research Libraries UK (RLUK), a consortium of research organisations in the UK and Ireland, have announced an expanded partnership that will help RLUK achieve key strategic objectives for shared collection management and resource discovery. Building on existing OCLC cataloguing arrangements,… Read More
Elsevier to present 10th Edition of Braunwald’s Heart Disease at American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2014 - November 17, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier will unveil the 10th edition of Braunwald's Heart Disease, the core of an integrated, multi-media learning system that provides definitive, current answers on every aspect of contemporary cardiovascular medicine, at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2014 in Chicago, November 15-19. … Read More
The American Journal of Medicine launches Hepatitis C Resource Center - November 17, 2014
The American Journal of Medicine (AJM) has announced the availability of an original, comprehensive, online Hepatitis C Resource Center dedicated to providing primary care providers and specialists with the latest information on the screening, diagnosis, treatment and management of Hepatitis C (HCV). AJM is published by… Read More
Penton marks evolution to an information services business, rolls out new branding to reflect transformation - November 17, 2014
David Kieselstein, CEO of Penton, announced at the Business Information Management Summit (c-level event for business information ecosystem), the launch of the Company's new branding and website, which marks the evolution of Penton into an information services business. By leveraging its… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - November 17, 2014
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (Slow and Steady — Taking the Time to Think in the Age of Rapid Publishing Cycles); Paul Jump (Can post-publication peer review endure?); Joe Wikert (The future of content recommendation services); Alice Meadows (To Share or not to… Read More
LexisNexis plans to acquire Health Market Science - November 14, 2014
LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, a division of Reed Elsevier, has announced its intent to acquire Health Market Science (HMS), a leading supplier of high-quality data on health care professionals and an administrator of one of the largest practitioner-level medical claims databases in the… Read More