HathiTrust Research Center seeks proposals for Advanced Collaborative Support projects - October 30, 2014
The HathiTrust Research Center is seeking proposals for Advanced Collaborative Support (ACS) projects. ACS is a newly launched scholarly service at the HTRC offering collaboration between external scholars and HTRC staff to solve challenging problems related to HTRC tools and services. By working together with… Read More
New PCG study shows 23 percent of libraries cover APCs for author submissions to OA journals - October 29, 2014
Marketing and sales consulting firm Publishers Communication Group (PCG), a division of Publishing Technology, has released the results of a new survey, according to which, academic libraries are getting more involved in the cataloguing and funding of Gold Open Access (OA) publications. Gold Open Access, though… Read More
Elsevier enhances Embase to support retrieval of medical device information - October 29, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has announced Embase, which claims to be the world's most comprehensive biomedical database that enables tracking and retrieval of drug-specific data, has been enhanced to support the retrieval of medical device information. The improvements support comprehensive post-market surveillance and device safety as well… Read More
Bianca Herzog joins Springer as Trade Sales Director DACH / EMEA - October 29, 2014
Bianca Herzog has taken over as Trade Sales Director DACH / EMEA at Springer, effective October 1, 2014. As such, she is now the central contact partner for booksellers in the German-speaking countries (DACH) as well as Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). In her… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health and Philips Clinical Informatics partner to revolutionise access to clinical decision support in Brazil - October 29, 2014
Healthcare information solutions provider Wolters Kluwer Health has announced a partnership with Philips Clinical Informatics TASY electronic health records (EHR) provider to improve ease of use and encourage greater adoption of medication decision support throughout Brazil. TASY is the first system used in Brazil to… Read More
IOP Publishing launches new fully responsive app for Physics World magazine - October 29, 2014
Non-profit scientific publisher IOP Publishing (IOP), UK, has launched a new fully responsive app for its world-renowned Physics World magazine. The Physics World team has worked closely with leading software house Kaldor, to create the first digital magazine of its kind in physics publishing. Replacing… Read More
