Dear Subscribers - December 18, 2008
STM Publishers can now add their Company to the Knowledgespeak Directory list. You can also update our events calendar, if you are organising an event which may be of interest to the STM publishing community. Also, you can send your company
LWW launches new interface to enhance online use of medical journals - December 17, 2008
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced the launch of myLWW, a new personalised and intuitive interface. The new platform integrates medical journal content and rich media to enable collaboration, sharing, and innovation among medical professionals. It currently… Read More
RSNA introduces new license and pricing system - December 17, 2008
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), publisher of Radiology and RadioGraphics, has announced that it has implemented a new journal license and tiered pricing system for all 2009 subscribers. The move is in response to the changing needs of users and the growth in online publishing.… Read More
SPARC, ACRL to hold discussion on open educational resources - December 17, 2008
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) have announced that a joint forum on open educational resources (OER) will be held next month. The SPARC-ACRL forum will be held during the 2009… Read More
Symyx Technologies unveils version 3.2 of Symyx Assay Explorer - December 17, 2008
Symyx Technologies, Inc., a US-based provider of technologies for R&D, has announced the release of Symyx Assay Explorer 3.2. Assay Explorer is a biological information management system that enables scientists to capture experimental data and methodologies into a central repository where they are rapidly and easily… Read More
Gale acquires HighBeam Research, Inc. - December 17, 2008
E-research and educational publisher Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, has announced the acquisition of HighBeam Research, Inc. HighBeam Research is the producer of HighBeam Research Library and the online reference site Encyclopedia.com. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. HighBeam offers a broad collection… Read More
