Stewart Wills named Editor and Content Director of Optics & Photonics News - December 10, 2013
The Optical Society (OSA) has announced that Stewart Wills has joined the organisation as the new editor and content director for its monthly news magazine, Optics & Photonics News (OPN). Wills will be wholly responsible for the society's magazine portfolio and will oversee its editorial strategy,… Read More
Digital bone library offers global resource for chronic disease identification - December 10, 2013
The Digitised Diseases web resource, created by the University of Bradford and Jisc, launched at the Royal College of Surgeons in London. The online resource contains 3D models of bones affected by over 90 chronic pathological conditions. These range from common complaints such as osteoarthritis, and… Read More
Elsevier launches new journal – Mental Health & Prevention - December 9, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of a new journal, Mental Health & Prevention. The international journal will publish high quality reviews, original research and other papers related to research on prevention to support the psychological development across the complete life span. The journal… Read More
New OA journal from the American Geophysical Union and Wiley publishes first articles - December 9, 2013
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) and publisher Wiley have announced that Earth's Future, a new open access journal, has published its first group of articles. Created to reflect the risks and opportunities associated with environmental changes and challenges, the journal features primary research across disciplines… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health’ Customer Support team receives certification as a Center of Excellence by BenchmarkPortal for the fourth time - December 9, 2013
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that its Customer Support organisation for its Ovid and Lippincott Williams & Wilkins businesses received certification for the fourth time as a Center of Excellence by BenchmarkPortal, the global leader in support center benchmarking. The Technical Services team… Read More
Library Community encourages FCC to make materials accessible via FDsys - December 9, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) recently joined others in the library community in a letter requesting that the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) make its primary legal materials and publicly available comments accessible via the Government Printing Office (GPO) Federal Digital System, FDsys. The… Read More
