Elsevier titles win British Medical Association Award - September 24, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that two of its medical titles won first prize in their respective categories at the annual BMA Medical Book Competition ceremony in London. An additional 22 Elsevier books were highly commended. The Awards were presented by Professor Averil Mansfield, Immediate Past… Read More
Amazon.com upgrades Kindle for Android App - September 24, 2010
Online books retailer Amazon.com, Inc., US, has announced that Kindle for Android, the free application that lets readers worldwide enjoy Kindle books on their Android-powered devices, now includes a number of new features. With the latest update, Kindle for Android now enables customers to search the… Read More
Inderscience Publishers announces inaugural issues of five new journals - September 24, 2010
STM and business publisher Inderscience, Switzerland, has recently published the first issues of five new titles. The journals are: Interdisciplinary Environmental Review, International Journal of Engineering, International Journal of Information Technology, Communications and Convergence, International Journal of Modelling in Operations Management and International Journal of Organisational… Read More
Special issue of ARL’ Research Library Issues focuses on assessing organisational performance - September 24, 2010
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published a special issue of Research Library Issues (RLI) on demonstrating library value by assessing organisational performance. The special issue focuses on ways in which ARL assessment tools help libraries improve their services and programmes and show their value… Read More
Rice University to shut down digital academic press in September - September 24, 2010
Rice University in the US has announced its decision to close its digital academic press, the Rice University Press (RUP). The Press will stop receiving university funding at the end of the month. The decision to cut RUP's funding, which has consisted of $150,000-$200,000 a year… Read More
TEMIS announces free public download for LuxidBar knowledge discovery service - September 24, 2010
Text analytics solutions provider TEMIS, US, has made its LuxidBar knowledge discovery service available via free public download from its website at www.temis.com. LuxidBar extends the benefits of content enrichment services to the user's desktop and powers an enhanced, more productive navigation… Read More
