BMJ Group set to publish military medical title, Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps - January 30, 2013
Medical publisher the BMJ Group, UK, has announced that it will take over production and publication of the Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps (JRAMC) from March 2013. First issue of the journal under the new partnership is due in March. The quarterly title… Read More
RSC and India’s CSIR partner to advance cheminformatics for novel therapies - January 30, 2013
The Royal Society of Chemistry has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in India to raise awareness of the importance of cheminformatics - or eScience - in accelerating the discovery of novel therapies for neglected diseases such… Read More
RCN Publishing adopts DataSalon’s MasterVision service - January 30, 2013
RCN Publishing, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Royal College of Nursing, has announced that they have adopted DataSalon's MasterVision service in order to gain a better understanding of their customer base and to further develop their business. MasterVision gives RCN Publishing a complete 'single… Read More
ProQuest to digitise 70,000 volumes from BnF’s collection of European books as part of Early European Books programme - January 29, 2013
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) in Paris are joining forces to expand access to the Library's rich historical treasures. As part of its Early European Books programme, ProQuest will digitise about 70,000 volumes from BnF's collection of… Read More
Touch Medical Media launches series of free to access educational resources - January 29, 2013
Medical publisher Touch Medical Media recently launched a portfolio of new products including multimedia offerings and topic specific scientific monthly newsletters within four key clinical specialties – Endocrinology, Neurology, Oncology and Ophthalmology. The move follows the company's management buyout from Touch Briefings. The launch will… Read More
Informa to publish Chinese Medical Record: English Edition - January 25, 2013
Medical and scientific publisher Informa Healthcare has announced a new partnership with the Chinese Medical Record Association (part of the Chinese Hospital Association under the authority of the Ministry of Health) for the publication of Chinese Medical Record: English Edition. This marks an important step… Read More
Pensoft Publishers integrate journal platform with OpenAIRE - January 25, 2013
Academic publisher Pensoft Publishers has announced the integration of its editorial management platform (Pensoft Journal System) with its OpenAIRE harvesting mechanism. The integration will ensure that articles funded by the European Union's Seventh Framework Program (FP7) can automatically be tracked by OpenAIRE to make them even… Read More
OCLC and Gale expand partnership - January 24, 2013
Library information provider OCLC, US, and Gale, part of Cengage Learning, have agreed to make all Gale databases and archives fully discoverable through WorldCat Local, and to explore broadening discoverability of Gale collections through other applications available through the OCLC WorldShare Platform. OCLC and Gale… Read More
Copyright Clearance Center and Amigos Library Services announce partnership - January 24, 2013
Licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), US, has announced a partnership with Amigos Library Services. Amigos is a not-for-profit consortium of more than 800 US libraries across 22 states that provides access to the latest innovations and services, continuing education, vendor discounts, and professional… Read More
Russian Government selects Scopus for national research assessment - January 23, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that the Russian government has officially selected Scopus as a tool for its national research assessment. Measuring research performance forms a significant part of Russia's 'Science and Technology Development in 2013-2020' program as declared by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in… Read More
