DFG funds licence for entire Nature archive for German institutions - January 18, 2008
Goettingen University Library (SUB), the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB), and scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, have announced a national deal. Under the deal, all universities, government institutions and publicly funded research institutions in Germany will obtain access to the complete… Read More
Illinois Wesleyan, Marquette universities opt for Digital Commons solution - January 18, 2008
Publisher Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress), US, has announced that the libraries of Illinois Wesleyan University and Marquette University (WI) have signed contracts to use bepress' document repository software, Digital Commons. Also, both institutions are implementing bepress's SelectedWorks, a platform for building individual faculty pages. SelectedWorks and… Read More
Portico signs archiving agreement with MIT Press - January 18, 2008
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced an agreement with the MIT Press, US, to preserve the latter's entire online journals collection of 33 titles. With this inclusion, over 7,300 titles have now been entrusted to the Portico archive. Through this agreement with Portico,… Read More
Idaho, Thomson Healthcare sign multi-year contract - January 18, 2008
Healthcare solutions provider Thomson Healthcare, part of Thomson Corporation, US, has announced that the state of Idaho has awarded the company a multi-year contract to provide a healthcare decision support system and data warehouse (DSS/DW) for the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. The move is… Read More
Elsevier acquires MEDai Inc - January 18, 2008
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the acquisition of MEDai Inc., US, a leading healthcare predictive analytics and data mining solutions provider. Terms of the arrangement were however not disclosed. MEDai's predictive analytics and data mining solutions combined with Elsevier's existing evidence and experienced-based medical content… Read More
New Mathematical Biology section on Biology Direct - January 18, 2008
Open access publisher BioMed Central, US, has announced the launch of the new Mathematical Biology section of Biology Direct. The new Mathematical Biology section will be overseen by Section Editor Andrei Yaklovev, and supported by an international editorial board. Biology Direct operates a unique open peer… Read More
