AIP adds new discussion groups feature to UniPHY scientific social and professional network - November 4, 2010
The American Institute of Physics has announced the addition of UniPHY Discussion Groups - a new interactive feature - on the UniPHY (aipuniphy.org) professional and social networking platform. AIP UniPHY is a scientific networking site for physical scientists. It allows them to search for collaborators, see… Read More
Research project to assess status of library-based publishing - November 4, 2010
A research project, now underway, seeks to assess the status of library-based publishing, explore opportunities for strengthening existing programmes, and inform the creation of new services. The project, which recently received a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), is supported by Berkeley Electronic Press, Microsoft Research… Read More
LWW and the American Society of Anesthesiologists renew publishing partnership - November 4, 2010
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, and the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) have signed an agreement to renew their publishing partnership. Under the deal, LWW will continue to publish Anesthesiology, the official journal of the ASA. Anesthesiology… Read More
CABI opens large number of CAB Direct’s life sciences abstracts to Google search engine - November 4, 2010
Life-sciences publisher Centre for Agricultural Bioscience International (CABI), UK, and online publishing services provider Semantico Ltd., UK, have announced the completion of a project to open a large number of CAB Direct's life sciences abstracts to the Google search engine. With this move, CABI seeks to… Read More
Thrifty White Drug Stores selects Alchemy to improve drug dispensing system - November 4, 2010
Drug information and medication management solutions provider Gold Standard/Elsevier, US, has announced that Thrifty White Drug Stores has licensed Alchemy as the new drug database and decision support solution for all of its pharmacy and telepharmacy dispensing systems. Thrifty White Drug Stores is an employee-owned pharmacy… Read More
Emerald releases first open access articles through special partnership with IFLA - November 4, 2010
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has released the first articles in open access as part of its 'special partnership' with the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). Available from November 1, 2010, the fourteen articles are published in… Read More
