COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease to be official journal of the COPD Foundation - March 3, 2011
COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, a journal dedicated to publishing a range of research on the impact of COPD, has been chosen to become the official journal of the COPD Foundation. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is an umbrella term used to describe progressive… Read More
Scion Publishing and AVA Academia to deliver textbook chapters via Reference Tree - March 3, 2011
eTextbook aggregator Reference Tree, UK, has announced that publishers Scion Publishing and AVA Academia are delivering their textbooks through its innovative content delivery platform, available to students across UK Higher Education. Six titles representing core reading across… Read More
Wellcome Library joins JISC-led Strategic Content Alliance - March 1, 2011
The JISC-led Strategic Content Alliance recently announced that the Wellcome Library has joined its board. Wellcome Library's knowledge and expertise are projected to strengthen the Alliance's work in bringing publicly funded content online. It is expected that the IPR issues around the sensitive nature of scientific… Read More
OCLC Research and Cambridge University collaborate on Open Metadata project - February 28, 2011
Library information provider OCLC Research, US, and Cambridge University have announced that both organisations will jointly conduct a six-month, JISC-funded investigation into the value of making collection metadata openly available in a sustainable manner. The COMET (Cambridge OPen METadata) project will release a sub-set of… Read More
IEEE partners with Access Innovations to complete re-indexing of Xplore Digital Library - February 28, 2011
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has collaborated with Access Innovations, Inc. to complete a comprehensive re-indexing of about 2.1 million of the 2.8 million IEEE article records in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library database. IEEE Xplore contains IEEE publications from 38 specialised… Read More
JISC Collections and EDINA partnership to assume role of UK Access Management Federation operator from August 1, 2011 - February 25, 2011
The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), UK, has announced that from August 1, 2011, the UK Access Management Federation will be operated on behalf of JISC by a partnership of JISC Collections and EDINA, assuming the role of federation operator from JANET(UK). JANET(UK) will continue in… Read More
Journal of Social History joins Oxford University Press - February 25, 2011
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced that the Journal of Social History: Societies & Cultures has joined OUP, beginning with the September 2011 issue. A quarterly journal founded in 1967, the journal is one of the top-ranked journals in the field of social… Read More
Thomson Reuters and CareEvolution expand partnership to launch Thomson Reuters HIE Advantage - February 24, 2011
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, and CareEvolution, Inc., a provider of secure health interoperability solutions, have agreed to expand their relationship to deliver a comprehensive suite of Health Information Exchange (HIE) capabilities for the public and private sectors. This expanded relationship builds upon an existing… Read More
Elsevier and TAIR connect research articles to genetic and molecular biology data - February 23, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR) have announced their next step in interconnecting the diverse elements of scientific research. All articles on Elsevier's electronic platform SciVerse ScienceDirect that describe Arabidopsis genes and use AGI codes will now link to the corresponding… Read More
Gale partners with E3 Network to enhance GREENR content - February 23, 2011
Gale, part of Cengage Learning, has announced a unique partnership with the Economics for Equity and Environment (E3 Network). E3 Network is a national network of more than 200 economists whose applied research supports active environmental protection. To help enhance Gale's GREENR resource, prominent E3… Read More
