Dear Subscribers - March 19, 2008
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CAS to provide CAS Registry Numbers for current substances listed in Wikiprojects - March 18, 2008
Chemical database provider Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) has announced that it will contribute to the Wikipedia project. This collaboration with Wikipedia is in line with CAS' mission to provide access to the world's chemical and scientific literature and patents, with indexes built around the largest compendium… Read More
Emerald and EMpact Sales sign preferred agreement to promote and sell Emerald journals - March 18, 2008
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, UK, recently signed a preferred agreement with EMpact Sales (EMpact), the publisher representation group within the EBSCO Information Services division. The new agreement grants EMpact preferred rights to promote and sell Emerald's journals in Argentina, Brazil, Korea,… Read More
Forum on open access mandates - March 18, 2008
A public forum on the impact of recent developments in scholarly publishing is scheduled to take place on March 26 in Konover Auditorium at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center. The event, titled, 'Mandatory Open Access: Friend or Foe? Coming to Terms with National Institutes of Health and Federal Research… Read More
SNM launches new publication –A Patient’s Guide to Nuclear Medicine Procedures: English-Spanish - March 18, 2008
Scientific and professional organisation SNM has announced a new publication - A Patient's Guide to Nuclear Medicine Procedures: English-Spanish. Written by Juan C. Más, RT (R,N,CT), CNMT, the new book is projected as an essential resource for physicians, patients and technologists. Available in both English and… Read More
University of Zurich seeks to boost deposits at institutional repository - March 18, 2008
The University of Zurich (UZH) is reportedly taking steps to boost the rate of deposits to its institutional repository, Zurich Open Repository and Archive (ZORA). The growth rate of deposits has been slow despite the open access mandate it adopted in July 2005. According to a… Read More
