Springer and the Italian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology announce publishing partnership - December 13, 2012
STM publisher Springer and the Italian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (SIUMB) have agreed to a five-year partnership to publish the Journal of Ultrasound, starting in 2013 with Volume 16. A quarterly publication, the Journal of Ultrasound is the official journal of SIUMB. The… Read More
Knovel partners with Engineers Without Borders USA - December 13, 2012
Knovel, provider of a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced a partnership with Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB-USA). EWB-USA is a non-profit humanitarian organisation established to support community-driven development programmes worldwide through partnerships that design and implement sustainable engineering projects.… Read More
InnoCentive and Scientific American partner to facilitate open innovation - December 13, 2012
Science magazine Scientific American and InnoCentive, Inc., the global leader in open innovation, crowdsourcing, and prize competitions, have announced a partnership for an online hub that seeks to help science enthusiasts solve global scientific problems. The Scientific American Open Innovation Pavilion, scheduled to go live in… Read More
IEEE forms 802.24 Smart Grid Technical Advisory Group - December 13, 2012
Technical professional organisation IEEE, US, has announced the formation of the IEEE 802.24 Smart Grid Technical Advisory Group (TAG). The newly launched entity is a collaborative umbrella organisation that works with multiple IEEE 802 working groups (WGs) and will liaise with key smart grid ecosystem stakeholders,… Read More
IHS iSuppli report predicts significant fall in e-book readers market - December 13, 2012
After spectacular growth in the last few years, the e-book reader market is on an alarmingly precipitous decline, sent reeling by more nimble tablet devices that have gained the ardent patronage of consumers, according to an IHS iSuppli Consumer Electronics special report from information and analytics… Read More
La Pérouse Library of Ifremer selects OCLC WorldShare Management Services and WorldCat Local - December 13, 2012
Library information provider OCLC, US, has announced that the La Pérouse Library of Ifremer, the French Research Institute for Exploration of the Sea, has chosen OCLC WorldShare Management Services as its new library management solution and WorldCat Local as its integrated discovery service. Preparations for implementation… Read More
