Publishing Technology announces first live installation of advance Contract, Rights & Royalties solution - February 9, 2011
Publishing Technology plc, a UK-based provider of software and services to the publishing industry, has announced the first live installation of the new advance Contract, Rights & Royalties (CR&R) solution. Sterling Publishing, a committed Publishing Technology customer for over twenty years, is a publishing subsidiary of… Read More
HEFCE recommendations to restructure JISC for enhanced future operations - February 9, 2011
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has announced its findings and recommendations for the future of the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). The independent review chaired by Professor Sir Alan Wilson and carried out over a four month period concludes that, 'JISC is an… Read More
Highlights from BioMed Central’s Open Access Africa 2010 conference now online - February 9, 2011
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that videos, slideshows and photos from the Open Access Africa 2010 conference are now available online. The conference, held late last year in Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya, was hosted by BioMed Central, in conjunction with Computer Aid International.… Read More
NICTA partners with Microsoft Research Asia to improve online video search - February 9, 2011
Australia's Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Centre of Excellence NICTA (National ICT Australia) has announced that it is collaborating with Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) to develop technology to improve the performance of online video search engines. With new research funding from Microsoft Research Asia, NICTA… Read More
National University opts for EBSCO Discovery Service - February 9, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced that the National University has selected its EBSCO Discovery Service to provide the University with a way to deliver its large collection to the end user and to make its library resources easier to find. The National… Read More
Cell Press wins PROSE Award for Article of the Future - February 9, 2011
Cell Press, an imprint of STM publisher Elsevier, has announced that 'Article of the Future' is the recipient of this year's PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences, presented by the Professional and Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division of the Association… Read More
