figshare and CLOCKSS announce preservation deal - April 13, 2012
The CLOCKSS Archive has announced that it has partnered with figshare to preserve their data in CLOCKSS's geographically and geopolitically distributed network of redundant archive nodes, located at 12 major research libraries around the world. By archiving with CLOCKSS, figshare seeks to ensure that their… Read More
ScienceIndex.com adds Industrial Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Sciences categories - April 13, 2012
ScienceIndex.com, a Web 2.0 sciences social network, has announced that it has added two new categories - Industrial Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Sciences. While the Industrial Engineering category covers the design, improvement, and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, and equipment, the Mechanical Engineering category… Read More
Brill and Semantico nominated for British Media Award - April 13, 2012
Academic publisher Brill, Netherlands, and UK-based online publishing services provider Semantico Ltd have been shortlisted for a British Media Award based on the features and functionality of the new BrillOnline Reference Works platform. With the help of Semantico’s SIPP2 technology, Brill is… Read More
Thomson Reuters names Hottest Scientific Researchers and Papers of the year - April 12, 2012
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced ‘The Hottest Research of 2011’, a ranking of the most influential scientific researchers and research papers of the year by Science Watch, its open Web resource for science metrics and analysis. Tracking researchers whose recent… Read More
Three US publishers, Apple charged with antitrust violations over e-books pricing - April 12, 2012
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and 15 other US state attorneys general have charged three of the nation’s largest book publishers and Apple Inc. with conspiring to fix the sales prices of e-books. The states’ antitrust case, which was filed in federal court in Austin, cites… Read More
Pharmacy OneSource to host free webinar on CAUTI prevention - April 12, 2012
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that Pharmacy OneSource is hosting a complimentary webinar with Kelly Manning, RN, BSN, CIC in ‘A Multidisciplinary Approach to Preventing Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections.’ The webinar is scheduled for April 25, 2012, from 1:00… Read More
