Thomson Reuters announces senior appointments - April 20, 2011
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced the appointment of Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Ingrassia and former Time magazine managing editor Jim Gaines as key members of Editor-in-Chief Stephen J. Adler's new leadership team. Stuart Karle, former general counsel of the Wall Street Journal, and… Read More
EBSCO adds enhanced reporting feature to e-resource managing system - April 20, 2011
Information services provider EBSCO, US, has announced that EBSCONET ERM Essentials, the company's e-resource management system (ERM), now includes a highly customisable reporting feature that allows librarians to build, save and share a broad variety of e-resource reports. With flexible report options, librarians can expect to… Read More
STM issues clarifying statement on negotiating rights for institutional repositories - April 20, 2011
The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) has issued a clarifying statement on negotiating rights for institutional repository postings and author rights. According to the statement, publishers appreciate that some institutions wish to showcase their achievements in institutional repositories. The statement is seen… Read More
‘PLoS Biology’ publishes user’s guide to ‘Encyclopedia of DNA Elements’ - April 20, 2011
The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, US, has announced that the international team of the ENCODE (Encyclopedia of DNA Elements) project has created an overview of its ongoing large-scale efforts to interpret the human genome sequence. The April 19 publication of "A User's Guide to the Encyclopedia… Read More
Springer to publish new journal for Society of Behavioral Medicine - April 20, 2011
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced that it will be publishing Translational Behavioral Medicine: Practice, Policy, Research (TBM), a journal of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. The journal will debut with a special section, "Information Technology and Evidence Implementation", to be presented at an event titled… Read More
APA adds new dictionary feature in PsycARTICLES database on APA PsycNET - April 20, 2011
The American Psychological Association (APA) has announced the addition of a new dictionary feature in PsycARTICLES when accessed through the APA PsycNET search platform. From within the full text HTML display, APA PsycNET users can click underlined terms in PsycARTICLES to view a pop-up window containing… Read More
