Wiley-Blackwell launches new journal – Asian Journal of Endoscopic Surgery - May 7, 2009
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has launched a new journal, Asian Journal of Endoscopic Surgery. Masaki Kitajima, Vice President and Professor, International University of Health and Welfare, Tokyo, Japan, serves as Editor of the journal, the inaugural… Read More
ProQuest to sell products through Dialog channels - May 7, 2009
Online information services provider Dialog, US, part of the ProQuest family of brands, has announced that corporate customers of Dialog will now be able to purchase a variety of ProQuest products through their Dialog sales contacts. The new initiative focuses on those ProQuest products that are… Read More
Ex Libris unveils scholarly articles recommender service for library users worldwide - May 7, 2009
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that the bX recommender service is now available to libraries worldwide. Leveraging the networked research community, the bX service seeks to generate recommendations for scholarly articles based on the analysis of tens of millions of linking activities… Read More
Library associations moot vigorous judicial oversight of Google Book Search settlement - May 6, 2009
The American Library Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries and the Association of Research Libraries have filed comments with the US District Court for the Southern District of New York for the judge to consider in his ruling on the proposed Google Book Search… Read More
Pfizer signs deal to cover OA publication costs for the results of its research - May 6, 2009
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer, US, has announced details of a membership agreement with open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, to cover publication costs for research articles published by its researchers. Under this membership arrangement, Pfizer will centrally cover the publication fees for any researcher employed or funded… Read More
University of Calgary and BMJ sign on as new beta partners for Summon unified discovery service - May 6, 2009
Serials Solutions, the e-resource access and management services arm of ProQuest, US, has added University of Calgary as a beta development partner for the Summon unified discovery service. Several new content providers, including BMJ, an international peer-reviewed medical journal and subsidiary of the British Medical Association,… Read More
