EBSCO and ALA offer scholarships to support professional development of librarians - April 3, 2014
In co-sponsorship with the American Library Association (ALA), EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has awarded seven librarians $1,000 scholarships to attend the ALA Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, June 26– July 1, 2014. The EBSCO ALA Annual Conference Sponsorship is an annual award… Read More
Repository infrastructure initiatives agree to align networks - April 3, 2014
In a meeting in Rome, Italy, on March 20–21, 2014, representatives from several major regional repository networks came together to develop a strategy to better align their activities. The meeting convened delegates from Australia, Canada, China, Europe, Latin America, and the United States, including representatives from AOASG (Australian Open Access… Read More
Thomson Reuters announces nominations for Allicense 2014 Breakthrough Awards for Deal of the Year - April 2, 2014
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters unveiled the nominations for the Allicense 2014 Breakthrough Awards for Deal of the Year, honouring the top global deal in each of two categories: 'Biopharmaceutical Licensing' and 'Mergers and Acquisitions' (M&A), as identified by Thomson Reuters Recap,… Read More
OnSomble’s solutions for competency development of clinicians now available via Elsevier CPM - April 2, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that it will now provide OnSomble's on-site services and online role-based professional development tools to augment Elsevier CPM solutions and help clinicians with professional role competency, obligations, training and development. OnSomble's tools, including OnRole, its role-based assessment and development software,… Read More
Frontiers launches a new open-access journal: Frontiers in Nutrition - April 2, 2014
Open-access publisher and research network Frontiers, part of Nature Publishing Group family, has announced the launch of a new open-access journal - Frontiers in Nutrition. Frontiers in Nutrition is the latest addition to the 'Frontiers in' journal series and will publish scientific investigations and research… Read More
Lippincott Professional Development gets sleek user interface and adds more JCR approved courses - April 2, 2014
Information and point-of-care solutions provider Wolters Kluwer Health introduced a sleek new user interface and an abundance of new Joint Commission Resources (JCR)-approved courses for Lippincott Professional Development, an online education solution for practicing nurses and clinicians. Synonymous with high-quality, evidence-based content, Lippincott Professional Development helps… Read More