American Chemical Society emphasises need to pass patent reform bill - June 27, 2011
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has said that for a nation facing a looming deficit and difficult cuts to entitlements, passing H.R. 1249 and streamlining America's patent application process is one of the single-most productive steps Congress can take to improve the economy. H.R. 1249,… Read More
South Africa’s National Research Foundation selects InCites to analyse institutional productivity - June 27, 2011
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that the National Research Foundation (NRF), an independent government agency supporting research in South Africa, has selected InCites to analyse institutional productivity and benchmark its research output versus peers worldwide. InCites is a citation-based research evaluation tool… Read More
Cengage Learning expands strategic partnership with the National Geographic Society - June 27, 2011
Teaching, learning and research solutions provider Cengage Learning, US, has signed a definitive agreement that significantly expands its strategic partnership with the National Geographic Society (NGS) including the acquisition of the NGS school publishing unit and extended use of the NGS brand. Since 2007, Cengage… Read More
OECD iLibrary usage statistics now available - June 27, 2011
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has announced that OECD iLibrary now provides usage statistics according to COUNTER standards, plus MARC records for all subscribers. OECD now provides reliable standardised usage reports for all content on OECD iLibrary. The… Read More
BMJ Group announces appointment of new editors for specialist titles - June 27, 2011
Medical publisher the BMJ Group, UK, has announced the appointment of new editors for several of its specialist titles. Appointments have been announced for BMJ Case Reports, Frontline Gastroenterology, the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health and the Journal of Medical Ethics. Seema Biswas has… Read More
East View Information Services and CLOCKSS partner to preserve e-journals and e-Books - June 27, 2011
The CLOCKSS Archive has partnered with East View Information Services to preserve the latter's e-journals and e-books in CLOCKSS's geographically and geopolitically distributed network of redundant archive nodes, located at 12 major research libraries around the world. By archiving with CLOCKSS, East View Information Services… Read More
