Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers celebrate 125 years of service to medical science - March 31, 2015
On the occasion of its 125th anniversary, Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers in Basel, Switzerland, has published the complete book titles since its foundation in 1890 online and is presenting Highlights and Special Publications spanning 125 years on the Karger Website. An anniversary Festschrift documenting the… Read More
NLM to host ‘Images and Texts in Medical History: An Introduction to Methods, Tools, and Data from the Digital Humanities’ workshop - March 31, 2015
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) will host the workshop Images and Texts in Medical History: An Introduction to Methods, Tools, and Data from the Digital Humanities on April 11-13, 2016. The event will be funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), part of… Read More
Scholarly and professional e-books sales increase 7.7 percent in 2014, will grow an additional 6.9 percent in 2015, says Simba report - March 30, 2015
Scholarly and professional e-books sales increased globally by 7.7 percent in 2014 and will grow an additional 6.9 percent in 2015, according to the latest report from media and publishing intelligence firm Simba Information. The report, Scholarly & Professional E-Book Publishing 2015-2019, found that, although… Read More
BioMed Central to retract 43 papers for fake peer review - March 30, 2015
Open access publisher BioMed Central is retracting 43 papers, following their investigation into 50 papers that raised suspicions of fake peer review, possibly involving third-party companies selling the service. In November 2014 there were reports about fake peer reviews for Nature. At that point there had… Read More
Jisc launches new service enabling researchers to access digital resources and applications via a single, federated sign-on - March 30, 2015
Jisc has announced the launch of a new service enabling researchers to access their digital resources and applications through a single, federated sign-on. A world-first, Assent, provided by Jisc, enables simplified, seamless and secure access to the broad range of web and non-web services that… Read More
ProQuest Syndetic Solutions now offers local content option for current subscribers - March 30, 2015
ProQuest has announced that its Syndetic Solutions now offers a local content option for current subscribers. By leveraging the existing Digital Asset functionality in Syndetics, libraries can now upload and access images of their Local Content Collection and display them electronically in their OPAC. Images can… Read More
