Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute unveils international initiative to promote sharing of standardised genetic and clinical data - June 11, 2013
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute recently unveiled an international initiative to promote the sharing of standardised genetic and clinical data. More than 60 leading healthcare, research and disease advocacy organisations from across the world are joining together to form an international alliance dedicated to enabling secure… Read More
Volumes 124 to 143 of the International School of Physics Enrico Fermi book series now available as ebooks - June 11, 2013
STM publisher IOS Press, Netherlands, has announced that volumes 124 to 143 of the book series International School of Physics Enrico Fermi have recently been digitised and are now also available as ebooks on the IOS Press Ebooks Platform. All volumes published under the IOS Press… Read More
2013 World Stem Cell Report to be published as special supplement to Stem Cells and Development journal - June 11, 2013
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers and the Genetics Policy Institute (GPI) have announced that the 2013 World Stem Cell Report will be published as a special supplement to the peer-reviewed journal Stem Cells and Development. Dr. Graham Parker and Bernard Siegel will serve as Co-Editors-in-Chief, joined… Read More
Informa names Fotini Liontou as new Chief Content Officer - June 11, 2013
Informa has announced the appointment of Fotini Liontou as Chief Content Officer for Informa Business Information. Liontou has worked for the company for 17 years, most recently as Chief Executive of IBI's Lloyds List Group. This new executive position will focus on driving content connections… Read More
OCLC completes major technical upgrade of core WorldCat infrastructure - June 11, 2013
Library information provider OCLC, US, has completed the development work to convert the underlying structure for its WorldCat database to Apache HBase, a distributed platform in use by many global information providers, including Facebook, Adobe and Salesforce.com. This marks the conclusion of… Read More
NLM and AAHSL to co-sponsor leadership fellows program for future academic health sciences library directors - June 11, 2013
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has announced the 2013-2014 year of the leadership program jointly sponsored with the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL). The NLM/AAHSL Leadership Fellows Program is focused on preparing emerging leaders for the position of library director in academic health… Read More
