Elsevier Executable Paper Grand Challenge to improve how scientific information is communicated and used - December 15, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it has launched a new competition that invites scientists to improve how data intensive research is represented in a scholarly journal article. The Elsevier Executable Paper Grand Challenge is designed to enhance how scientific information is used and communicated… Read More
SPARC, ACRL announce speakers for forum on changing state of open-access journal publishing - December 15, 2010
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) have announced the speakers for a panel discussion on 'Marketplace: Open Access and the changing state of scholarly publishing'. The event is being held in… Read More
Springer announces API Challenge 1.0 - December 15, 2010
STM publisher Springer has announced the Springer API (Application Programming Interface) Challenge 1.0, a competition for original, non-commercial applications using Springer metadata and content APIs. The Challenge is a bid to offer users new ways to find, visualise, and manipulate relevant data drawn from Springer's large… Read More
Special issue of Proceedings of the IEEE focuses Sensor Networks and Applications - December 15, 2010
Technical professional association IEEE has released a special issue of the Proceedings of the IEEE, a highly-cited general interest journal in electrical engineering and computer science. A network more powerful than the Internet, while perhaps inconceivable right now, is just one of many potentially life-changing applications… Read More
Sir Ian Gilmore joins BMJ Group Board - December 15, 2010
The Board of the BMJ Group has named Professor Sir Ian Gilmore as a non-executive director. Sir Ian Gilmore has just demitted office as President of the Royal College of Physicians after four years and is President-elect of the British Society of Gastroenterology. He is… Read More
Attention Subscribers – www.myscoope.com lets you access Knowledgespeak using your mobile devices - December 15, 2010
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
