CABI supports initiative to create a research infrastructure for microbial resources - July 14, 2010
Life sciences publisher CABI, UK, has announced that as a member of the Global Biological Resource Centre Network (GBRCN), it will support the proposal for a research infrastructure to improve access to high-quality microbial resources and bring together European microbial resource collections and their stakeholders -… Read More
Collexis launches community module for Expert Profiling application - July 14, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that Collexis, an Elsevier business and developer of semantic technology and knowledge discovery software, has launched its community module for their Expert Profiling application. The release of version 3.6 Expert Profiling connects experts across the Collexis community from multiple institutions… Read More
ECS releases all data in open linked data format for public reuse - July 14, 2010
The School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) at the University of Southampton has reportedly become the UK's first University department to release all its public data in open linked data format. The ECS is stated to be at the forefront of the open linked data… Read More
EBSCO, Thomson Reuters deal to enable mutual customers access to Web of Science - July 14, 2010
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, and information services provider Thomson Reuters have announced an agreement allowing mutual customers to access Web of Science within EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). Institutions subscribing to both EDS and Web of Science may conduct their search via the… Read More
SAE forms partnership programme with publishers and industry experts - July 14, 2010
The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International, US, has announced a new Content Partnership Program that seeks to expand SAE's publishing programme via partnerships with book publishers, industry experts, multimedia producers and other technical knowledge providers. Traditional and non-traditional developers and publishers of engineering information can… Read More
McGraw-Hill’s knowledge sharing network wins Sloan Consortium’s effective practice award - July 14, 2010
McGraw-Hill Higher Education, part of McGraw-Hill Education, has announced that its student knowledge sharing and collaboration network, GradeGuru.com will be presented with the 2010 Effective Practice Award at the 3rd Annual Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C). Sloan-C is an association of institutions and organisations of higher education engaged… Read More
