Portico and Duke University Press sign agreement to preserve e-books - February 20, 2009
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced an agreement with Duke University Press to preserve electronic books from the e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection. With the inclusion of Duke University Press' e-books, nearly 8,300 e-journals and 4,700 e-books have now been… Read More
AMA’s physician-focused newspaper expands online presence - February 20, 2009
The American Medical Association (AMA) has announced that its physician-focused newspaper, American Medical News, is expanding its online presence and capabilities to better accommodate physicians' needs in the fast-changing world of health-care news. The print version of American Medical News is moving to a twice-a-month publishing… Read More
PLoS opts for NeuStar technology for web applications monitoring - February 20, 2009
NeuStar, Inc., a US-based provider of technology for online services, has announced that the Public Library of Science (PLoS) has selected its Webmetrics Application Monitoring service to augment the performance capabilities of all PLoS online services. PLoS is a nonprofit organisation committed… Read More
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Patent approval rates down at key regions, says Thomson Reuters report - February 19, 2009
The Healthcare and Science business of Thomson Reuters, US, has released its 2009 Patent Focus Report. Authored by Joff Wild, editor of Intellectual Asset Management magazine, and published in the Thomson Reuters KnowledgeLink eNewsletter, the report explores recent activities at each of the world's major patenting… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell and APS announce publishing partnership - February 19, 2009
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced a partnership with the American Physiological Society (APS). Under the deal, Wiley-Blackwell will publish the latter's Physiology Online, an evolving compendium of current knowledge of all aspects of physiology. The… Read More
