BioMed Central, Edanz partnership to provide researchers English language support during peer review process - May 12, 2011
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced an agreement with medical and scientific editing service provider, Edanz, to provide researchers with cost-effective and comprehensive English language support throughout the peer review process. As part of this agreement, BioMed Central authors will be eligible to receive… Read More
Tessella’s Safety Deposit Box to manage Wellcome Trust’s digitised and born-digital assets - May 12, 2011
Technology and consulting services provider Tessella, UK, has announced that it has been selected by the Wellcome Trust to deliver a Digital Asset Management (DAM) using the former's Safety Deposit Box (SDB), to provide an essential component system of the developing Wellcome Digital Library. The… Read More
Japan Science and Technology Agency selects Editorial Manager for its journals - May 12, 2011
Online submission system provider Aries Systems, US, and its distribution partner in Japan, Atlas Corporation, have announced that Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) will make the Editorial Manager online submission and peer review system available to its journals. Editorial Manager is one of two… Read More
Attention Subscribers – www.myscoope.com lets you access Knowledgespeak using your mobile devices - May 12, 2011
Mobile access for Knowledgespeak is now available via our new beta application, SCOOPE STM Mobile. Subscribers on the move can now gain easy access to Knowledgespeak through a reader-friendly mobile phone interface. This application is uniquely available in two versions:… Read More
Apple, Google defend smartphone privacy practices at US Senate hearing - May 11, 2011
US-based Google, Inc. and Apple, Inc. reportedly defended their privacy practices during a US Senate hearing on May 10, 2011. The hearing, 'Protecting Mobile Privacy: Your Smartphones, Tablets, Cell Phones and Your Privacy,' followed revelations by British researchers… Read More
Digital text consumption at nearly same levels as printed text, says Gartner survey - May 11, 2011
Technology research services firm Gartner, Inc., US, has released the findings of a survey that says the time people spend reading on a digital screen is now almost equal to that spent reading printed paper text. The huge majority of tablet and iPad users say they… Read More
