Access Knowledgespeak using your smartphones and mobile devices via Myscoope.com - December 1, 2011
Mobile access for Knowledgespeak is now available in a mobile browser version and a Java application version. Smartphones and Tablets – We publish a mobile browser version for smartphones and tablet PCs. This is accessible at www.myscoope.com, a site designed specifically for all types of… Read More
Elsevier expands suite of online curricula to train professionals supporting people with intellectual, developmental and physical disabilities - December 1, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has introduced DirectCourse, an expanded suite of online curricula to train professionals who support people with intellectual, developmental and physical disabilities, as well as older adults. DirectCourse is anchored by the College of Direct Support (CDS), an online curriculum for Direct Support… Read More
American Institute of Physics and Publishing Technology partner to develop next generation Scitation - December 1, 2011
AIP Publishing, a division of the American Institute of Physics (AIP), has announced a partnership with UK-based publishing-specific software solutions provider Publishing Technology plc to build the next generation of AIP's Scitation, scheduled for launch in the fourth quarter of 2012. The new custom platform… Read More
OCLC partners with King Abdulaziz Public Library to make Arabic-language resources available via WorldCat.org - December 1, 2011
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, has added more than 1.2 million brief bibliographic records to WorldCat.org for materials held by Arab libraries, records that represent the complete catalogue of the Arabic Union Catalog (AUC) maintained in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Each record from the AUC in WorldCat.org… Read More
‘Trials’ unveils Update articles to facilitate rapid publication of revisions - December 1, 2011
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that the journal Trials has introduced a new way for investigators to ensure that their clinical trials can be updated with important amendments to study protocols or new research findings. 'Update' articles will give researchers the ability to… Read More
Maney Publishing names Prof. Mike Reece as new Editor-in-Chief of Advances in Applied Ceramics - December 1, 2011
Academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced the appointment of Mike Reece, Professor of Functional Ceramics at Queen Mary, University of London, as the incoming Editor-in-Chief of Advances in Applied Ceramics. Prof. Reece will succeed Prof. Mohan Edirisinghe, the current Editor-in-Chief, from the start of 2012.… Read More