IHTSDO and WHO collaborate to harmonise WHO classifications and SNOMED CT - July 26, 2010
The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO) has announced a collaborative arrangement with the World Health Organization (WHO). The deal is to harmonise WHO classifications and SNOMED CT for the benefit of citizens around the world. WHO Classifications and SNOMED CT are complementary tools. When… Read More
ResearchGATE partners with The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings - July 26, 2010
ResearchGATE, a scientific network for scientists and researchers, will work together with the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, and has created a community specifically for their members and attendees as a way to continue discussions and scientific collaboration even after the meeting is over. ResearchGATE recently attended… Read More
IMLS calls for cooperator to develop guidelines for public access to technology - July 26, 2010
The US' National Broadband Plan released in March 2010 presented a vision of pervasive and affordable broadband that will provide every American an equal opportunity to engage in the educational, economic and social life of the nation. One of the recommendations of the plan called on the Read More
OUP e-journal articles made available via FIZ AutoDoc with pay-per-view option - July 26, 2010
Scientific information services provider FIZ Karlsruhe, Germany, has announced that Oxford University Press (OUP) is now available as a new FIZ AutoDoc document supplier for the pay-per-view option. Articles from over 200 e-journals of OUP can now be ordered and downloaded immediately via FIZ AutoDoc. If… Read More
XanEdu launches iPad publishing programme for Educators - July 26, 2010
CoursePacks and custom textbooks provider XanEdu Publishing Inc, US, has launched an iPad publishing programme. The move, conducted in concert with several major institutions in North America and Harvard Business School Publishing, is expected to allow students and instructors greater flexibility in accessing course materials. Instructors… Read More
NPG and InnoCentive award Solver in the DNDi Challenge to fight infectious diseases - July 26, 2010
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, and InnoCentive, which built the first global web community for open innovation, have announced that Solver Sandip Bharate has been awarded $10,000 for his solution to a Challenge posted on the nature.com Open Innovation Pavilion (Read More
