Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - September 10, 2012
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (Short-form Publishing — A New Content Category, Courtesy of the Internet); Michael Eisen (The glacial pace of change in scientific publishing); Victor Henning and William Gunn (Impact factor: researchers should define the metrics that matter to them); and… Read More
NFAIS webinar to examine new products and services from Google - September 7, 2012
The US' National Federation for Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) will hold a 90 minute webinar to provide an update on the Google landscape on September 26, 2012. John Blossom, President of Shore Communications, Inc, will offer insights on the new approaches and directions he is observing… Read More
Elsevier’s new Ethics in Research & Publication programme to educate young researchers about the importance of research integrity - September 7, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of a new Ethics in Research & Publication programme, an initiative designed to help educate early career researchers on the importance of research integrity. The Ethics in Research & Publication programme has come about through a collaboration… Read More
EBSCO adds three new anthropology databases to EBSCOhost platform - September 7, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has added three new anthropology databases to the EBSCOhost platform. Formerly available via First Search from OCLC, the three databases: Anthropological Index, Anthropological Literature and Anthropology Plus, cover the fields of anthropology, archaeology and related interdisciplinary research. … Read More
Medical Center of the Rockies selects WK Health’s ProVation Medical Software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding - September 7, 2012
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that the Medical Center of the Rockies has selected its ProVation Medical Software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding in its GI labs. Located in Loveland, Colo., the 148-bed Medical Center of the Rockies… Read More
British Library welcomes UK govt. response on Non-Print Legal Deposit regulations - September 7, 2012
The British Library has welcomed the UK government's commitment to proceed with introducing the Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-print works) Regulations in April 2013. The statement by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (September 5, 2012) follows a public consultation which closed in May 2012. … Read More
