Ben-Gurion University to contribute to ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database - March 13, 2012
Israel's Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) has joined the thousands of research institutions worldwide that contribute to the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database (PQDT), a commercially available repository of graduate works. Through PQDT, a worldwide network of scholars can expect to discover BGU's doctoral… Read More
EBSCO adds Occupational Health Content to ExPub database - March 12, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced a new agreement to add Haz-Map to its ExPub database. Haz-Map is designed to assist professionals seeking information about the health effects of exposure to chemicals and biological agents in the workplace. Haz-Map references hundreds… Read More
Google reportedly scaling back books digitisation project - March 12, 2012
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, is reportedly slowing down its book-scanning work with partner libraries, as observed by librarians involved with the digitisation project. However, it remains unclear what this would mean for the company's long-term investment in the Google Books project. Google has… Read More
Apple, US publishers threatened with lawsuit for colluding over e-book prices - March 12, 2012
The US Justice Department has reportedly warned Apple, Inc. and five of the nation’s leading publishers that it plans to take legal action against them for allegedly colluding to raise the price of e-books. The publishers include Pearson, Macmillan, Hachette Book Group, Simon & Schuster and… Read More
Elsevier announces winners of its first China Science Challenge - March 12, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the winners and winning applications of its first China Science Challenge, a competition calling out software developers to create customised solutions to enhance the search and discovery experience for researchers on the SciVerse platform. Participants of the challenge worked… Read More
Springer Publishing takes top honours in the 2011 AJN Book of the Year Awards - March 12, 2012
Healthcare and social science publisher Springer Publishing Company recently announced that the company received ten ‘AJN Book of the Year Awards’ in nursing. AJN claims to be the oldest and one of the most honored broad-based nursing journals in the world. The awards programme is… Read More
