US publishers seek legislative action to address orphan works issue - March 17, 2008
The publishing industry has urged the US Congress to take legislative action to address the problem of 'orphan works'. These are works under copyright whose owners cannot be identified or located by third parties seeking permission to use the works. Allan Adler, AAP Vice President for Legal & Government Affairs,… Read More
OCLC to be main sponsor of JISC Conference next month - March 17, 2008
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has announced that international library organisation OCLC will be the main sponsor of the JISC Conference 2008, scheduled for next month. This will be the first time for OCL to sponsor the event. Established more than 40 years ago,… Read More
Oxford Journals becomes content partner of Serials Solutions’ KnowledgeWorks Certified programme - March 17, 2008
Oxford Journals, a division of Oxford University Press (OUP), UK, has announced that it has become a content partner of Serials Solutions' KnowledgeWorks Certified programme. With this initiative, Oxford Journals seeks to ensure that bibliographic data relating to its journals is as accurate and up-to-date as… Read More
Aetna and Healthline Networks launch online search tool – Aetna SmartSource - March 17, 2008
Health information services provider Healthline Networks, US, and health information provider Aetna, US, has launched Aetna SmartSource, a personalised search engine that mines information from the latter's vast data resources to deliver meaningful, personalised health and health benefits information to Aetna members. Powered by Healthline Networks'… Read More
Springer and Biomedical Engineering Society expand publishing partnership - March 17, 2008
STM publisher Springer, Germany, and the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) have announced the launch of a new international journal - Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE). Springer already publishes the BMES journal Annals of Biomedical Engineering. X. Edward Guo of Columbia University, NY, and David J. Odde… Read More
Collexis announces enhancements to BioMedExperts.com - March 17, 2008
Knowledge management and discovery software developer Collexis Holdings, Inc., US, has announced website enhancements to BioMedExperts.com, the first online social network of its kind that promotes global collaborative medical research and development. Collexis launched BioMedExperts.com in January 2008 to facilitate collaboration and increase biomedical research among… Read More
