Echocardiography Atlas offers interactive application related to cardiac pathology - June 14, 2010
Interactive learning apps developer Modality, Inc., US, has announced that its Echocardiography Atlas is available at a promotional price during the ongoing American Society of Echocardiography 21st Annual Scientific Sessions in San Diego, CA. The app comprises 250 annotated images and 189 videos, encompassing a range… Read More
Emerald to exhibit Emerald Subject Collections and Emerald Engineering at SLA - June 14, 2010
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has announced that it is exhibiting at the Special Libraries Association's Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA, June 13-15, 2010. Delegates are invited to visit Emerald Booth #1419 to find more about Emerald Subject Collections and… Read More
Spanish anti-crime association sues Google over Street View project - June 14, 2010
Internet search services provider, Google, Inc., US, has once again come under criticism for its Street View project. A crime prevention association in Spain has accused Google of illegally gathering private data from Wi-Fi networks in the country through its Street View project, and filed a… Read More
Deep Web Technologies launches multilingual federated search at ICSTI conference - June 14, 2010
Federated search services provider Deep Web Technologies, US, has unveiled multilingual translation capability for the WorldWideScience Alliance using its federated search application. The international science portal, WorldWideScience.org, claims to be the first application to be deployed with this capability. Abe Lederman, President and CTO of Deep… Read More
BioMed Central announces 4th Annual Research Award winners - June 14, 2010
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the winners of its 4th Annual Research Awards. The event was attended by short listed authors, eminent researchers, publishers, open access advocates and science journalists from around the world. The awards, now in their fourth year, acknowledge excellence… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - June 14, 2010
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Marc Cadotte (Another reason why a new publishing model is needed); Kent Anderson (The Latest “Library as Purchaser” Crisis: Are We Fighting the Wrong Battle?); Joe Wikert (eBook Indexes & User Interface Features); Daniel Lemire (Academic publishing is archaic); and… Read More