ebrary launches new subscription e-book database for community colleges - February 21, 2008
E-book technology firm ebrary, US, has announced the availability of a new subscription database of e-books and other authoritative materials designed specifically for community colleges. With a growing selection of more than 18,000 titles, the affordable collection covers subject areas such as nursing and allied health,… Read More
News industry yet to make profits online, says Outsell report - February 21, 2008
As the news industry shifts to multimedia, digital platforms, the leading companies are still struggling to complete the evolution to profitable, revenue-generating models, says a report from information industry analysts at Outsell, Inc. The study, 'Top 10 US Public News Companies: Print-to-Digital Market Size and Share,' is claimed to be… Read More
Dear Subscribers - February 21, 2008
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ARL Guide to NIH Public Access Policy now available online - February 20, 2008
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), US, has developed a Web-based guide to assist research institutions in implementing the new Public Access Policy adopted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The ARL guide, 'The NIH Public Access Policy: Guide for Research… Read More
ALPSP welcomes RIN guidelines for acknowledgement of funding - February 20, 2008
The Council of ALPSP has welcomed the guidelines recently published by the Research Information Network (RIN) for research funders, authors and publishers on the Acknowledgement of Funders in Scholarly Journal Articles. The RIN has issued guidance on how research funders should be acknowledged by authors in… Read More
Health informatics among greatest challenges of current century, says panel - February 20, 2008
A panel from the US National Academy of Engineering launched the 14 'Grand Challenges in Engineering' at last week's meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Advancing health informatics has been listed as one of the 21st century's greatest challenges by the panel,… Read More
