Mayo Clinic and IBM to pilot Watson to improve clinical trial research - September 10, 2014
Mayo Clinic and IBM have announced plans to pilot Watson, the IBM cognitive computer, to match patients more quickly with appropriate clinical trials. A proof-of-concept phase is currently underway, with the intent to introduce it into clinical use in early 2015. … Read More
Royal College of Surgeons of England in deal with Atypon for Literatum to power their online journals - September 10, 2014
Atypon, a provider of software to the scientific and scholarly publishing industry, has announced that Royal College of Surgeons of England has signed an agreement with Atypon for Literatum to power their online journals. The Royal College of Surgeons of England chose the Literatum platform to… Read More
SAGE articles now available through British Library Document Supply - September 5, 2014
The British Library has entered into a partnership with SAGE to offer articles from its full journal collection through the British Library's Document Supply service. SAGE publishes over 700 journals on behalf of over 290 leading societies within the humanities, social sciences,… Read More
Denmark to integrate ORCID across local CRIS and national systems - September 5, 2014
Denmark has announced that it will actively drive engagement with ORCID in their community by integrating ORCID across local CRIS and national systems. Six out of Denmark's eight universities, all university colleges, and a consortium of research institutions signed a consortium agreement with ORCID in August… Read More
SAGE acquires Vathek Publishing - September 4, 2014
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the purchase of legal journal publisher, Vathek Publishing. The sale was announced jointly by Lilli Waterford, founder of Vathek Publishing and Ziyad Marar, SAGE's Global Publishing Director. Vathek Publishing, incorporated in the Isle of Man in 2000 by Lilli Waterford,… Read More
Ingram and ProQuest expand ebook collaboration - September 4, 2014
Ingram Content Group Inc. and ProQuest LLC have announced an expanded e-book collaboration that benefits libraries worldwide. Earlier this year, the companies teamed to make titles from Ebook Library (EBL) available through Ingram's OASIS® content platform. Ingram has now added ebrary's… Read More
Shanghai Library adds 2 million records to WorldCat - September 4, 2014
Shanghai Library, the largest public library in China and one of the largest in the world, has contributed 2 million holdings to WorldCat, including some 770,000 unique bibliographic records, to share its collection worldwide. These records, which represent books and journals… Read More
Elsevier to market innovative patient data collection platform from Tonic Health - September 3, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has agreed to market and help further to develop Tonic Health's simple, fun and intuitive patient data collection platform. Using its deep experience serving the healthcare provider market, Elsevier will employ its sales force to offer Tonic's highly engaging, tablet-and web-based, EHR-integrated data… Read More
Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography to publish with Wiley - September 3, 2014
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Inc. has announced its selection by the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) to publish their highly regarded portfolio of journals focused on marine and inland water systems. Effective January 2015, Wiley will assume publishing responsibility for… Read More
DynaMed to utilise information from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network - September 3, 2014
Healthcare professionals will be able to access information about the latest and most complete oncology guidelines available at the point of care following an agreement between EBSCO Health and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN). Information from NCCN will be summarised along… Read More
