The BMJ Group and the Ministry of Health in Brazil partner to provide Best Practice to clinicians across the country - June 25, 2012
Medical information provider The BMJ Group, UK, has announced a major new partnership with the Ministry of Health in Brazil. Under the deal, the BMJ Group will provide its evidence based clinical decision support tool, Best Practice, to 350,000 clinicians across the country. The partnership… Read More
OCLC signs up more publishers to expand content on WorldCat Local - June 25, 2012
OCLC, a US-based nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organisation, has signed new agreements with global publishers and has added a list of new collections to WorldCat Local. The OCLC discovery and delivery service offers users integrated access to more than 969 million items. … Read More
eLife calls for submissions for its new OA journal - June 25, 2012
eLife, the new funder-researcher collaboration in science communication, has announced that it is currently accepting submissions for its new journal. The open-access ‘eLife’ journal will be the keystone in the initiative’s efforts to lead change in scientific publishing. The 'eLife' journal is set for launch at the end of 2012.… Read More
e-Libro announces new mobile apps powered by ebrary - June 25, 2012
Virtual Spanish Language Publisher e-Libro has announced that more than 48,000 Spanish-language e-books are available on millions of smart phones, tablets, and other devices using ebrary's dedicated iOS and Android apps with Spanish language interfaces. A long-time partner of ebrary, a ProQuest business, e-Libro has been… Read More
Copyright Clearance Center and Cision sign multi-year deal - June 25, 2012
Licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), US, has announced a multi-year deal with Cision, making its Annual Copyright License available to the provider of PR software, services and tools for the marketing and PR industry. Recognising the importance of copyright compliance, the Annual… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - June 25, 2012
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Stephen Curry (The Finch Report on open access: it’s complicated); Scott Shackford (Is Access to Government-Funded Research a Right?); Kent Anderson (Money Talks — How Audience Priorities and Publishing Incentives Can Lead to Unusual OA Behaviors); Andrew Pontzen (Time to… Read More
