New interactive clinical calculators in DynaMed - May 15, 2009
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced that its clinical reference tool, DynaMed, now includes over 500 interactive clinical calculators, decision rules and statistics to provide clinicians with even more decision-making tools to use at the point-of-care. Most calculators include information to help clinicians… Read More
ICSTI 2009 Conference – Managing Data for Science - May 14, 2009
The International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) 2009 conference will be held from June 9-10, 2009, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Organised by the NRC Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI), the conference will examine how publishers, librarians and researchers can work… Read More
Fedora Commons, DSpace Foundation launch open source repository initiative - May 14, 2009
Fedora Commons and the DSpace Foundation, two open-source software platforms for accessing, managing and preserving scholarly material, have announced the launch of the DuraSpace Organization. Through this initiative, Fedora and DSpace seek to jointly provide leadership and innovation in open source technologies… Read More
SAGE’s robotics journal launches new genre of research papers - May 14, 2009
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that the International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR) has launched a new genre of research papers at the ongoing 2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2009). IJRR data papers will facilitate and encourage the release of quality, peer reviewed… Read More
Cornell Library removes restrictions on use of public domain reproductions - May 14, 2009
Cornell University Library, a US-based academic research library, has announced that it will no longer require its users to seek permission to publish public domain items duplicated from its collections. Instead, users may now use reproductions of public domain works made for them by the library… Read More
Hart Energy Publishing launches Developing Unconventional Gas Video Center - May 14, 2009
Energy publisher Hart Energy Publishing, US, has announced the launch of the Developing Unconventional Gas Video Center at www.dug2009.com/shop, where keynote and panel presentations can be purchased and viewed online from Hart's Developing Unconventional Gas (DUG) conference held in April in Fort… Read More
