Mendeley’s API Binary Battle calls on developers to build an app to make science more open - March 9, 2011
Mendeley, one of the world's largest crowd-sourced research databases, has announced the Mendeley API Binary Battle, challenging talented developers to build an application on top of Mendeley's open database of over 70 million research papers, usage statistics, reader demographics, social tags, and related research recommendations. The… Read More
Attention Subscribers – www.myscoope.com lets you access Knowledgespeak using your mobile devices - March 9, 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
Oxford University scientists launch free software for researchers to collaborate more efficiently and quickly with peers - March 8, 2011
Oxford University scientists have launched a free software that seeks to provide researchers the tools they need to collaborate more efficiently and quickly with colleagues scattered around the world and working in a variety of different research areas. The colwiz ('collective wizdom') R&D platform manages… Read More
UBM TechWeb announces sold out show floor for cloud computing event - March 8, 2011
Business information provider UBM TechWeb, US, has announced a sold out show floor and record breaking attendance numbers for Cloud Connect 2011, a technology event for cloud computing. Cloud Connect will seek to spotlight the latest technologies, strategies and innovations within cloud computing, beginning March 7… Read More
AAUP report on new business models for scholarly publishing - March 8, 2011
The Association of American University Presses (AAUP) has released a report titled 'Sustaining Scholarly Publishing: New Business Models for University Presses.' Within the scholarly communications ecosystem, scholarly publishers are a keystone species. University presses - as well as academic societies, research institutions, and other scholarly… Read More
Elsevier’s bilingual publications to enhance medical education in the Middle East - March 8, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it has begun offering Arabic bilingual editions of leading Elsevier medical texts to major universities in the Middle East. The first order was recently received by Kalamoon University in Syria. The initiative is one of Elsevier's many meant… Read More
