Thieme releases second edition of ‘Ultrasound: A Practical Approach to Clinical Problems’ - November 15, 2007
Thieme Publishers, part of STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has announced the release of the second edition of 'Ultrasound: A Practical Approach to Clinical Problems.' Completely updated, the book takes a clinical approach to ultrasound based on signs and symptoms. Based on a popular course… Read More
French national library head defends digitisation programme - November 15, 2007
Bruno Racine, the head of Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), the National Library of France, has said that the Library's massive programme to digitise billions of books and documents should widen their availability without violating copyright rules. Over the past decade, the library has collected 10 billion documents online, and… Read More
NIH funding and OA provision: President Bush vetoes bill - November 15, 2007
US President George Bush has reportedly vetoed a bill aiming to increase 2008 funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from $28.6 billion in 2007 to $30 billion in 2008. The bill includes $150 billion in funding for the departments of Labor and Education and an open access (OA)… Read More
Dear Subscribers - November 15, 2007
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Reed Elsevier may bid for Emap’s B2B publishing division - November 14, 2007
Publisher Reed Elsevier PLC, UK, has surfaced as a surprise suitor for Emap PLC's business publishing division, according to media reports. Titles under the portfolio include Retail Week. Reed may be keen on acquiring some of Emap's business titles focused on electronics. Reed has reportedly submitted a first-round bid for… Read More
ISPE announces new edition of the Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation - November 14, 2007
The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) recently announced the publication of the second volume of its Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation, a new, scientific, peer-reviewed journal for the publication of research and review articles. A quarterly publication, the Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation (JPI) includes scientific data… Read More
