Jan Hommen to step down as Chairman and as a Board member of Reed Elsevier - January 29, 2009
Publisher Reed Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that Jan Hommen will step down as Chairman and as a Board member of Reed Elsevier PLC and of Reed Elsevier NV at the companies' Annual General Meetings on 21 and 22 April 2009 respectively. This follows his appointment as… Read More
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JSTOR to be merged with non-profit organisation Ithaka - January 28, 2009
JSTOR, an online archive of scholarly publications, has announced its merger with Ithaka, a provider of research, strategic and administrative services to non-profit projects. The move is seen to unite two pioneering entities focused on helping the scholarly community take advantage of rapidly advancing information technologies.… Read More
OCLC launches WorldCat Mobile pilot - January 28, 2009
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, has launched a pilot programme to make collections from libraries visible through mobile devices. The WorldCat Mobile pilot allows users to search for and find books and other materials available in libraries near them through a… Read More
Elsevier unveils new workflow solution for synthetic chemists - January 28, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has introduced Reaxys, a new workflow solution for synthetic chemists. Reaxys is based on data from Elsevier's chemistry databases merged together to provide harmonised content, additional functionalities and a redesigned interface to help improve R&D efficiency. The databases include CrossFire Beilstein, CrossFire… Read More
ProQuest launches free search widgets for products on its Illumina platform - January 28, 2009
ProQuest, part of Cambridge Information Group, has launched free search widgets for products on its CSA Illumina platform, including a widget for its CSA Illustrata product line. The CSA Illumina and CSA Illustrata Search Widgets - portable search boxes - allow instant searching of these acclaimed… Read More
