American Chemical Society hails increase in funding for Math and Science programme - July 28, 2009
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has expressed praise for the House of Representatives move to support a $5 million increase in funding for the Education Department's Math and Science Partnership programme. ACS has been advocating a funding increase for the partnership programme, which it has termed… Read More
OCLC launches new service to help libraries maximise web visibility of digital collections - July 28, 2009
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, has released the WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway, a new service that helps libraries and other institutions maximise the visibility of unique primary source materials, such as digital photos, newspapers, letters and diaries, through WorldCat on the… Read More
BMJ Group and SNIS launch new neuroscience journal - July 28, 2009
Medical information publisher BMJ Group, UK, and the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) have launched a new neuroscience journal - Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery (JNIS). BMJ will publish the journal on behalf of the SNIS, formerly the American Society of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology, through its… Read More
Foot & Ankle Specialist accepted for inclusion in MEDLINE - July 28, 2009
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that the journal Foot & Ankle Specialist (FAS) has been accepted for inclusion in MEDLINE. Maintained by the US National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online) is a premier bibliographic database containing more than 16 million… Read More
IMS Health announces jobs cuts following fall in second quarter revenue - July 28, 2009
Pharmaceutical and healthcare information provider IMS Health, US, plans to trim 850 jobs globally over the next 12-15 months, media reports have indicated. The move follows a worse than expected decline in quarterly revenues. Second-quarter revenue was $522.8 million, down 13 percent. Including a $25.4 million… Read More
Dear Subscribers - July 28, 2009
STM Publishers and other print/publishing Services and Support Tools providers can now use the all new K-Store platform to post information across three sections - a Jobs section, a virtual storefronts directory and a print/publishing Read More
