NPG provides free access to 16 clinical journals for Japan earthquake relief efforts - April 14, 2011
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced free access to 16 relevant clinical journals to hospitals and research institutions in Japan. The move follows the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan recently. The publisher has initiated either seamless IP access or password access… Read More
ACM’s Computer-Human Interaction conference to explore evolution and future of social media - April 14, 2011
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has announced that leading researchers and practitioners of human-computer interaction will assess the role of social media on a broad spectrum of society at ACM’s Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (CHI 2011), scheduled for May 7-12, 2011,… Read More
Official journal of the American Brachytherapy Society expands to six issues in 2011 - April 14, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced significant expansion of scientific content to be published in Brachytherapy (www.brachyjournal.com), the official journal of the American Brachytherapy Society (ABS). Published both online and in print, this international, multidisciplinary journal will move from a quarterly to… Read More
Taylor & Francis journal content now searchable on Naver.com - April 14, 2011
Publisher Taylor & Francis (T&F) has signed an agreement with Next Human Network (NHN) to increase exposure of T&F’s journal content to researchers in South Korea via the Korean internet portal, Naver. With its extensive Korean-language data, Naver will allow researchers to locate journal and article… Read More
British Library and BFI sign MOU to increase access to unique collections - April 14, 2011
The British Library and the BFI, the lead body for film in the UK, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), with the objective of increasing public, professional and research access to audiovisual and broadcast content and integrating it with other knowledge collections. Signed by BFI… Read More
EMpact Sales named exclusive sales agent for the Independent Scholarly Publishers Group - April 14, 2011
EMpact Sales (EMpact), the publisher representation group of EBSCO Information Services, US, has announced that it has been chosen as the exclusive sales agent for The Independent Scholarly Publishers Group (ISPG) in Latin America, Australia, New Zealand and specific parts of Asia (Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong… Read More