MedStar Health and Cerner sign expanded agreement - November 4, 2014
Healthcare provider MedStar Health and Cerner have announced an expanded partnership with a seven-year agreement that will streamline operations, help improve the quality of patient care and develop technologies that align with MedStar’s vision to be the trusted leader in caring for… Read More
Ingram enhances ipage platform for academic libraries - November 4, 2014
Ingram Content Group Inc. has announced the launch of comprehensive content selection tools on its ipage search and order content platform, simplifying the search, selection and acquisition of materials for academic libraries worldwide. A wide range of features have been added to the ipage platform,… Read More
Corporate interest is a problem for research into open-access publishing, says NPG/ Palgrave Macmillan survey - November 3, 2014
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and its sister company, Palgrave Macmillan, recently conducted a survey, which notes that the open-access movement, which aims to provide researchers and the public with free access to academic work, has been growing. But most academic research remains behind expensive… Read More
Board of Trustees of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc., announce new leadership at STRIATUS/JBJS - November 3, 2014
The Board of Trustees of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc., has announced new leadership at STRIATUS/JBJS. Mady Tissenbaum, formerly Associate Publisher and General Manager, has stepped into the role of Publisher, while Paul Sandford, formerly the Chief Financial Officer, will serve as CEO.… Read More
BMJ now exclusive sales channel for nursing titles as RCN Publishing’s aggregated services come to an end - November 3, 2014
Global healthcare knowledge provider BMJ is now the exclusive sales channel for institutional customers outside the UK wanting access to leading nursing titles for RCN Publishing journals. Last week, RCN Publishing, part of the Royal College of Nursing group, announced that it is ending its… Read More
SAGE launches new open access journal, Translational Epigenomics - November 3, 2014
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the launch of Translational Epigenomics, a new open access journal publishing research on epigenetic alterations in gene expression. Translational Epigenomics will cover diverse aspects of this new and emergent field such as DNA methylation, posttranslational histone modifications, and non-mutational RNA… Read More