JISC Collections report examines value of library resources for academics - February 3, 2012
JISC Collections, the membership organisation that supports the provision of digital content for education and research in the UK, has published a report titled 'UK Scholarly Reading and the Value of Library Resources.' The report is based on research carried out by Prof. Carol Tenopir from… Read More
Authors increasingly aware of open access publishing, says InTech survey - February 3, 2012
InTech, a Croatia-based open access (OA) publisher, has published the results of a survey appraising attitudes and awareness of the research community towards the OA business model in scholarly publishing. The InTech white paper, titled 'Open Access: Awareness and Attitudes amongst the Author Community', is… Read More
NPG expands open access options - February 3, 2012
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced an expansion in open access among its society-owned titles. A new open access journal, Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids, has now launched at www.nature.com/mtna. In addition Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics and Spinal Cord… Read More
Springer and Entomological Society of Brazil announce publishing partnership - February 3, 2012
STM publisher Springer has announced a partnership with the Entomological Society of Brazil to publish the journal Neotropical Entomology and a new book series Entomology in Focus. Prof. Fernando L.Consôli of the University of São Paulo is editor of both the journal and the book series.… Read More
Willis-Knighton Health System selects online evidence-based tools to provide trusted information at the point of care - February 3, 2012
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), a Wolters Kluwer Health business, has announced that Willis-Knighton Health System has selected the expert clinical content in Lippincott's Nursing Procedures and Skills and Lippincott's Nursing Advisor to help their nurses deliver exceptional patient care. Lippincott's Nursing Procedures… Read More
Thomson Reuters and Ohio State University partner to launch enterprise-wide system for managing scholarly activities - February 3, 2012
The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters and The Ohio State University have announced the upcoming launch of Research In View across the university's campus. Research In View is an enterprise-wide system for collecting and managing scholarly activity data across an institution to bring greater… Read More
