Emerald offers free access to 22 health and social care journals for World Mental Health Day - October 10, 2011
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK, has announced that it is providing free access to its complete collection of health and social care journals in support of World Mental Health Day, held annually on October 10, 2010. In total, 22 journals can be read online… Read More
InformationWeek Government announces speakers for GovCloud 2011 - October 10, 2011
InformationWeek Government has announced the speakers for GovCloud 2011, a new conference taking place on October 25 at the Reagan Pavilion in Washington, D.C. This day-long event is designed to give IT professionals in federal, state and local government the most up-to-the-date information on how cloud… Read More
Pearson to develop frameworks for OECD’s PISA student assessment for 2015 - October 10, 2011
Education services provider Pearson, US, has announced that it has been chosen by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to develop the frameworks for the latter's landmark PISA educational assessment in 2015. The PISA assessment is widely recognised as the benchmark for measuring… Read More
IOP Publishing expands customer service department - October 7, 2011
Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, UK, has announced that it is expanding its customer service provision with the appointment of a full time representative in its Philadelphia headquarters. The company already supports its customers in North, Central and South America by employing nine… Read More
Elsevier introduces SciVerse Scopus Alerts Individual mobile app - October 7, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the availability of a new mobile application, SciVerse Scopus Alerts Individual, which provides non-institutional subscribers with immediate, on-the-go access to the latest Scopus content. While users based in subscribing institutions can already benefit from a free mobile app, this… Read More
Springer launches digitisation project, Springer Book Archives - October 7, 2011
STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media has started its extensive digitisation project, Springer Book Archives (SBA). The SBA initiative will include nearly all books that have been published since the 1840s. Springer expects that the book archives will contain around 65,000 titles. Titles include academically and historically… Read More
