Latest edition of JISC Inform examines importance of data preservation - February 20, 2008
Managing and preserving vast volumes of research data is crucial to the future of UK research, says an article in JISC Inform, a publication of the Joint Information System Committee (JISC). The article, by Judy Redfearn, looks forward 10 years to a hypothetical scenario in which vital research findings are… Read More
Jones and Bartlett publishes Pet First Aid and Disaster Planning Response Guide - February 20, 2008
Pets America and the Emergency Care and Safety Institute (ECSI) recently announced the release of a new programme, Pet First Aid and Disaster Response. The Pet First Aid and Disaster Planning Response Guide is published US-based educational publisher Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc. The instructor ancillaries… Read More
Dear Subscribers - February 20, 2008
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AAAS meet discusses ethics of scientific publishing - February 19, 2008
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) recently conducted a meeting which discussed the ethics of scientific publishing. Diane Scott-Lichter of the Council of Science Editors and Michael Zigmond, Editor-in-Chief of Progress in Neuroscience, raised issues such as plagiarism, fabricated data, undeserved authorship and… Read More
Reed Elsevier may cut down more than 1,000 jobs - February 19, 2008
Publisher Reed Elsevier, Netherlands, is reportedly drawing up plans to cut down over 1,000 jobs as part of the company's ongoing cost-cutting programme. It is understood that the company, which owns the medical journal, The Lancet, is planning to cut the jobs over the next couple… Read More
Unilever, Transinsight extend collaboration - February 19, 2008
Consumer products company Unilever has announced that it will continue working with knowledge based search solutions provider Transinsight, Germany, towards a tailored solution from GoPubMed that meets Unilever Research's diverse scientific data mining requirements. Unilever has chosen Transinsight for corporate semantic searching.… Read More
