Joyce Backus appointed NLM Associate Director for Library Operations - December 10, 2012
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has announced that Joyce Backus has been named NLM Associate Director for Library Operations and a member of the Senior Executive Service, effective December 16, 2012. The announcement was made by… Read More
Amazon launches Brazil Kindle Store - December 10, 2012
Online books retailer Amazon.com, Inc., US, has launched the Brazil Kindle Store with the largest selection of the most popular books. The Brazil Kindle Store offers over 1.4 million books, now available to Brazilian customers priced in Brazilian Reais (R$), including more… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - December 10, 2012
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Todd A Carpenter (As Hybrid Open Access Grows, the Scholarly Community Needs Article-level OA Metadata); Christopher Land (Universities should sink their resources into publishing partnerships with scholarly societies); Joshua Drew (Why I publish Open Access); and Dr Dave Hone (What… Read More
Scope’s ConSCIse™ content abstraction platform wins Appreciation Award at ‘CSI Awards for Excellence in IT 2012’ - December 7, 2012
Scope eKnowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of content enhancement and knowledge services, has announced that its unique content abstraction platform, ConSCIse, has been awarded the Appreciation Award in the "Education & eLearning - Products & Solutions" category at the recently announced "CSI Awards for Excellence… Read More
CAS Registry registers 70 millionth substance - December 7, 2012
Chemical information provider Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society, has announced a major milestone for the CAS Registry, the largest collection of publicly disclosed chemical substance information. CAS scientists registered the 70 millionth substance from a patent application submitted to the… Read More
NTNU selects EBSCO as supplier of periodicals, e-books and discovery platform - December 7, 2012
EBSCO Information Services, US, has announced that it has been selected as the supplier for print and electronic periodicals, e-books, and associated subscription management and access services such as a discovery tool for NTNU, Norway's primary institution for the education of engineers and scientists. It is… Read More
