CrossRef partners with iParadigms to launch plagiarism detection service CrossCheck - April 17, 2008
Publisher linking services provider CrossRef, US, has announced an agreement with iParadigms, LLC to launch the CrossCheck service, which helps verify the originality of scholarly content. Following a recent pilot, the CrossCheck service is scheduled to go live in June. iParadigms is a provider of web-based… Read More
JAMA report examines ethical issues involved in publication of drug reviews - April 17, 2008
US-based pharmaceutical manufacturer Merck & Co. regularly prepared scientific studies by itself or farmed them out to medical publishing companies, it has been reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). According to the report, the company hired research scientists to claim authorship, even if their involvement was… Read More
Accucoms releases case study with AAP - April 17, 2008
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently participated in a case study with Accucoms, a Netherlands-based provider of sales and marketing services to scholarly and society publishers. The case study, available at http://www.accucoms.com/about/AAP_AccucomsCaseStudy.pdf, illustrates how outsourcing sales, marketing… Read More
Elsevier expands Procedures Consult, adds new modules - April 17, 2008
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it has added three new modules to Procedures Consult in orthopedics, anesthesia and emergency medicine. Procedures Consult is an online multimedia training and reference tool that helps physicians, medical residents and students prepare for, perform and test their knowledge… Read More
Universite du Quebec Chooses Ex Libris Primo Solution - April 17, 2008
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that the Universite du Quebec (UQ) has selected the Primo discovery and delivery solution to serve as the main portal for the libraries of eight of the university's constituents. Major factors in the university's choice of Primo… Read More
OCLC and Orbis Cascade Alliance to develop new consortial borrowing solution - April 17, 2008
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, and the Orbis Cascade Alliance are working together to migrate the Alliance's Summit union catalogue to a consortial borrowing solution based on the integration of WorldCat.org, VDX, WorldCat Resource Sharing and a… Read More
