FirstHealth of the Carolinas selects Thomson Reuters’ Integration Discovery for clinical interoperability - April 10, 2012
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that FirstHealth of the Carolinas has selected its Integration Discovery to provide clinical interoperability across its healthcare system. FirstHealth is a private, not-for-profit healthcare system located in Pinehurst, NC, which operates three hospitals and several outpatient healthcare facilities,… Read More
ICCOC and Pearson extend contract to power online learning programmes - April 10, 2012
Print and digital education materials provider Pearson has announced that the Iowa Community College Online Consortium (ICCOC) has extended its contract with the company to power the colleges’ online programmes. ICCOC has worked with Pearson to develop and offer courses online for… Read More
EMpact Sales chosen as Sales Agent for Integrum World Wide - April 9, 2012
EMpact Sales (EMpact), the publisher representation group of EBSCO, has been chosen as sales agent for Integrum World Wide. Under the agreement, EMpact will represent the company in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Slovenia, Macedonia, Croatia, and Bosnia and… Read More
Google to end eBooks partnership with independent booksellers - April 6, 2012
Representatives of Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, have reportedly contacted the American Booksellers Association and Powell's Books to announce that the company would end its Google eBooks reseller programme worldwide. In February, it had seemed as if independent booksellers were getting a reprieve when… Read More
BioMed Central ties up with LabArchives to link datasets to journal articles - April 5, 2012
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced a partnership with LabArchives LLC to ensure that valuable datasets are made publically available and linked to journal articles. Through this new collaboration, authors submitting articles to selected BioMed journals will be provided with complimentary subscriptions to an… Read More
Columbia University Libraries’ Center for Human Rights Documentation & Research acquires Physicians for Human Rights Archives - April 5, 2012
Columbia University Libraries' Center for Human Rights Documentation & Research (CHRDR) has announced the acquisition of the Physician for Human Rights Archives, a collection consisting of records, photographs, video, audio, case files of investigative data, and much more. The Physicians for Human Rights mobilises health… Read More
Canadian, UK organisations tie up to enhance research efficiency across borders - April 4, 2012
The Consortia Advancing Standards in Research Administration Information (CASRAI), a community-driven membership organisation founded in Canada, has invited the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) to be its first UK member. The two organisations will work together to advance a standard data dictionary for research and to… Read More
SAE International acquires ABP International, dba Tech Briefs Media Group - April 4, 2012
Engineers and technical experts association SAE International, US, has acquired ABP International, dba Tech Briefs Media Group through a stock purchase. Tech Briefs Media Group will now become a subsidiary of SAE International. The announcement was made by Dr. David L. Schutt , CEO, SAE International.… Read More
Baker & Taylor to provide ebooks via the Blio ereading application on Azpen tablets - April 4, 2012
Baker & Taylor, Inc., a distributor of digital and physical books, together with K- NFB Reading Technology, developer of the Blio ereading application, have announced that an ebook platform featuring the Blio ereader will soon be available on Azpen Innovation's Android-based tablet devices. Azpen is a… Read More
Elsevier to integrate geological maps from the Society for Sedimentary Geology into Geofacets - April 3, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it will integrate about 18,000 geological maps from the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) into its web-based research tool Geofacets. Based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, SEPM is home to some of the most esteemed journals and must-have resources for geological… Read More
