Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - September 19, 2011
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Phil Davis (Have Journal Editors Become Anachronisms?); Stevan Harnad (Implementing OA - policy cases and comparisons); Robert Niles (Apps vs. eBooks: Where can newsrooms and journalists make the most money?); Audrey Watter (School Libraries Struggle with E-Book Loans); and Kent… Read More
Access Knowledgespeak using your smartphones and mobile devices via Myscoope.com - September 19, 2011
Mobile access for Knowledgespeak is now available in a mobile browser version and a Java application version. Smartphones and Tablets – We publish a mobile browser version for smartphones and tablet PCs. This is accessible at www.myscoope.com, a site designed specifically for all types of… Read More
Google seen close to settling lawsuit with publishers - September 16, 2011
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and five publisher plaintiffs have reportedly informed a US judge that they are close to settling a lawsuit over the former’s controversial book-scanning project. Negotiations between Google and the… Read More
Elsevier announces new enhancement to SciVal Spotlight - September 16, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has launched a new enhancement to SciVal Spotlight, an integrated collaboration analysis enabling institutional decision makers to identify and evaluate partnerships at an institutional and author level. As a rising number of institutions shift their focus towards collaborative relationships to secure funding… Read More
Monongahela Valley Hospital selects Thomson Reuters’ Micromedex Solutions for clinical decision support - September 16, 2011
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that Monongahela Valley Hospital (MVH) has signed a multi-year agreement to use Thomson Reuters Micromedex solutions as its source for evidence-based clinical reference information. MVH is a 210-bed, full-service healthcare facility in western Pennsylvania. The hospital needed a… Read More
New independent working group formed to expand access to published research findings - September 16, 2011
A new independent working group has been set up to examine how UK-funded research findings can be made more accessible. The group will propose a programme of action and make recommendations to government, research funders, publishers and other interested parties on how access to research findings and outcomes can be… Read More
