Academic institutions partner with Ex Libris for library framework, URM - July 8, 2009
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced the first academic institutions to begin collaborating with the company as development partners for Unified Resource Management (URM), a framework for library management services. The three initial development partners include Boston College and the Princeton University Library,… Read More
Dear Subscribers - July 8, 2009
STM Publishers and other print/publishing Services and Support Tools providers can now use the all new K-Store platform to post information across three sections - a Jobs section, a virtual storefronts directory and a print/publishing Read More
‘Trials’ brings out study questioning authenticity of RCTs published by Chinese journals - July 7, 2009
Trials, a journal brought out by open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has published a study questioning the authenticity of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) published in Chinese journals. The study says that more than 90 percent of a sample of RCTs published in these journals between… Read More
UBM acquires RISI via $14.3 million cash deal - July 7, 2009
Niche information services provider United Business Media Ltd., UK, has announced that it has acquired the remaining 48 percent of the holding company of RISI, Inc. from its joint venture partner Pegasus Partners II, LP for a total cash consideration of $14.3… Read More
Inderscience Publishers announce four new titles - July 7, 2009
STM and business publisher Inderscience, Switzerland, recently published the first issues of four new titles. The journals are: European Journal of Cross-Cultural Competence and Management; International Journal of Computational Vision and Robotics; International Journal of Granular Computing, Rough Sets and Intelligent Systems and International Journal of… Read More
Corrigendum - July 7, 2009
This is with reference to the news alert titled "Biomedical journals available via OvidSP included in SLA's top 100 journals" covered in the News Section of Knowledgespeak (dated July 2, 2009). Readers may please note that the news article has been revised on company request. The revised version of the… Read More
