Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and ISPG in deal for key access to medical content - December 10, 2012
The Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and ISPG (Independent Scholarly Publishers Group), a selection of High-Impact Scholarly journals hosted by HighWire Press, have signed a 3 year agreement for access to 37 key medical publications in Mainland China. The Charlesworth Group, ISPG's exclusive agent… Read More
Lebanese university gets EU grant for academy-industry research project - December 10, 2012
The American University of Beirut (AUB) has been awarded a grant of 904,877.49 euros from the European Union Tempus Programme to implement a project that supports academic research while promoting innovation and enhancing partnerships with industries. The project, Innovation and Development of Academic-Industry Partnerships through… Read More
Joyce Backus appointed NLM Associate Director for Library Operations - December 10, 2012
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has announced that Joyce Backus has been named NLM Associate Director for Library Operations and a member of the Senior Executive Service, effective December 16, 2012. The announcement was made by… Read More
Amazon launches Brazil Kindle Store - December 10, 2012
Online books retailer Amazon.com, Inc., US, has launched the Brazil Kindle Store with the largest selection of the most popular books. The Brazil Kindle Store offers over 1.4 million books, now available to Brazilian customers priced in Brazilian Reais (R$), including more… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - December 10, 2012
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Todd A Carpenter (As Hybrid Open Access Grows, the Scholarly Community Needs Article-level OA Metadata); Christopher Land (Universities should sink their resources into publishing partnerships with scholarly societies); Joshua Drew (Why I publish Open Access); and Dr Dave Hone (What… Read More
Scope’s ConSCIse™ content abstraction platform wins Appreciation Award at ‘CSI Awards for Excellence in IT 2012’ - December 7, 2012
Scope eKnowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of content enhancement and knowledge services, has announced that its unique content abstraction platform, ConSCIse, has been awarded the Appreciation Award in the "Education & eLearning - Products & Solutions" category at the recently announced "CSI Awards for Excellence… Read More
