2007 CGS/UMI Distinguished Dissertation Awards recognise outstanding research in life sciences and humanities - December 27, 2007
ProQuest, part of Cambridge Information Group, US, has announced Dr. Michael D. Chasar of the University of Iowa and Dr. Cristobal Uauy of the University of California, as the recipients of the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) / UMI Distinguished Dissertation Awards. The winners were announced… Read More
Dear Subscribers - December 27, 2007
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
Dear Subscribers - December 24, 2007
This is to inform you that the number of articles carried in the newsletter will be fewer than usual, as business activity during this period (Dec 24 - 31, 2007) is relatively low. Also, please note that there will be no newsletter dispatch on Dec 25th and 26th. We take… Read More
Scribd initiative to help publishers fight online piracy - December 24, 2007
Online document sharing and publishing company Scribd has announced its new Qualified Publisher Program (QPP), which seeks to allow publishers to proactively fight piracy of copyrighted document. The programme's Text Matching System compares documents that users upload against those contributed to a filter by copyright holders,… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell and The Cochrane Collaboration offer low-income countries with free one-click access to The Cochrane Library - December 24, 2007
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc, US, and The Cochrane Collaboration have announced that they have made The Cochrane Library available with free one-click access to all residents of countries in the World Bank's list… Read More
Elsevier acquires CPM Resource Center from Eclipsys - December 24, 2007
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it has purchased CPM Resource Center from Eclipsys, an integrated enterprise clinical, revenue cycle, access management, and decision support solutions provider. The transaction is effective immediately. CPM Resource Center is a leading provider of executable evidence-based clinical tools, resources,… Read More
