IBM releases cloud services designed for educational institutions - June 6, 2011
Technology firm IBM, US, has announced new cloud services to deliver advanced software, computer lab resources and services to students and researchers at schools, colleges and universities, without the need for advanced IT expertise at those locations. The IBM SmartCloud for Education is projected as… Read More
Boston University Libraries join HathiTrust - June 6, 2011
Boston University Libraries has become the latest member of HathiTrust, a partnership of major academic and research libraries collaborating in a digital library initiative to preserve and provide access to the published record in digital form. The Libraries plan to contribute public… Read More
AIP Publishing announces publication of 100,000th paper in AIP Conference Proceedings series - June 6, 2011
AIP Publishing, a division of the American Institute of Physics (AIP), has announced the publication of the 100,000th paper in its AIP Conference Proceedings series. The proceedings volume that contains the 100,000th article is The IX International Conference on Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum -… Read More
AMA names Dr. James Madara as new Executive Vice President and CEO - June 6, 2011
The American Medical Association (AMA) has announced the appointment of Dr. James L. Madara as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Madara will assume leadership on July 1. Dr. Madara is an accomplished academic medical center physician, medical scientist and administrator… Read More
EBSCO Publishing and The H.W. Wilson Company announce merger agreement - June 3, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, and The H.W. Wilson Company (Wilson) have announced a merger agreement. This combination of organisations will allow the strengths of each to benefit existing and forthcoming products and services. With 180 combined years of experience serving libraries,… Read More
Journal Clinical Proteomics joins BioMed Central OA portfolio - June 3, 2011
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has launched Clinical Proteomics, with Dr Daniel Chan as Editor-in-Chief. Previously published by Springer, the journal has joined BioMed Central's portfolio of open-access titles. Clinical Proteomics launches with a number of interesting articles, including an article from Mehrani et… Read More
