AHRQ releases brochure for patient education on Coumadin/warfarin therapy - May 26, 2008
The US Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released a new publication, Your Guide to Coumadin/Warfarin Therapy. The publication is described as a 20-page, easy-to-read patient brochure explaining what patients should expect from, and watch out for, while… Read More
Stuart M. Shieber named director of OSC - May 26, 2008
Stuart M. Shieber, Harvard's James O. Welch Jr. and Virginia B. Welch Professor of Computer Science, will serve as director of the University's new Office for Scholarly Communication (OSC). The impetus for Shieber's appointment and the launch of OSC was the adoption by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of… Read More
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VIF project brings out guidelines to handle version issues in repositories - May 23, 2008
The JISC funded Version Identification Framework (VIF) project has completed a framework of recommendations and solutions for all those with a role in repository use and implementation to address this problem. A serious growing concern for digital repositories has been the issue of how to identify… Read More
Texterity releases digital magazine reader survey results for 2008 - May 23, 2008
Digital publishing solutions provider Texterity, Inc., US, has released the results of its third annual BPA Worldwide-certified digital magazine reader survey. The survey, conducted with Mediamark Research & Intelligence (MRI), is projected as the most comprehensive profile of digital magazine reader preferences and demographic data to… Read More
British Medical Journal Group signs new agreements in Germany and New Zealand - May 23, 2008
Medical publisher The BMJ Group has signed a three year nationwide licensing agreement with the Bavarian State Library on behalf of the German research foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). Under the deal, BMJ Journals' content will be made available to universities and other publicly financed research institutions… Read More
