Elsevier launches new digital platform for Expert Consult, Student Consult - March 7, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of the fully redesigned Expert Consult and Student Consult, its two medical reference and learning platforms, now powered by Inkling, the creator of engaging, intuitive digital books for some of the world's most respected publishers. Expert Consult and Student… Read More
Open access material science journal changes copyright license - March 7, 2014
IOP Publishing (IOP), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Institute of Physics, and the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS, Japan) have announced that Science and Technology of Advanced Materials (STAM) has adopted the Creative Commons license (CC-BY 3.0) for all articles published in the journal.… Read More
Emerald and Kudos collaborate to boost research impact - March 7, 2014
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing is collaborating with Kudos to pilot a service that helps increase the impact of published articles. The partnership aims to support Emerald's authors in exploiting digital communication channels to maximise the global influence of their research. Launching in April 2014,… Read More
EBL – Ebook Library reinvents its LibCentral administrative and acquisitions module - March 7, 2014
EBL - Ebook Library, a ProQuest business, has reinvented its LibCentral administrative and acquisitions module, enabling libraries to tailor their ebook experience to fit their own and their users' unique needs. The new LibCentral helps libraries streamline workflows, making discovery, selection, acquisition, and management of ebooks… Read More
Dr Simon Kennon named Editor-in-Chief of Interventional Cardiology Review - March 7, 2014
Interventional Cardiology Review (ICR) has announced the appointment of Dr Simon Kennon to the position of Editor-in-Chief. Dr Kennon is an interventional cardiologist and Head of Structural Heart Disease and the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Programme at the London Chest Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust,… Read More
CLIC becomes first academic library consortium to subscribe to ProQuest’s cloud-based library services platform - March 7, 2014
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has announced that Cooperating Libraries in Consortium (CLIC) of St. Paul, Minnesota, is the first academic library consortium to subscribe to ProQuest's cloud-based library services platform, Intota™. The CLIC libraries will be taking full advantage of the transformative nature… Read More
