Chadron State College selects EBSCO Discovery Service to boost information literacy goals - August 25, 2010
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced that Chadron State College has chosen EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) as part of its overall goal to improve information literacy. The college was looking to wean students off typical search engines while encouraging students to access valuable… Read More
Springer and Helmholtz Association sign agreement for OA membership - August 24, 2010
STM publisher Springer and the Helmholtz Association have signed an agreement for open access membership. The move follows the launch of SpringerOpen, a new series of open access journals that will span all STM disciplines. The agreement covers article processing charges for authors from the participating… Read More
Microsoft and Google to co-chair W3C Web Performance Working Group - August 23, 2010
Software vendor Microsoft Corp., US, is to co-chair a new World Wide Web Consortium working group with Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US. The W3C Web Performance Working Group has been mandated to find methods for measuring application performance on the web. The first deliverable… Read More
Indian medical library consortium to gain access to medical content via Elsevier’s electronic platforms - August 23, 2010
Publisher Elsevier Health Sciences has announced an agreement with India-based premier medical library consortium for e-resources, Helinet. Under the deal, Elsevier Health Sciences will provide all medical students at Helinet's medical colleges with access to leading international and local medical content through Elsevier's electronic platforms: ScienceDirect… Read More
Academic Medical Center adds Lippincott’s Nursing Procedures and Skills for instant access to nursing information at the point of care - August 23, 2010
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that SUNY Downstate Medical Center will provide the expert clinical content from Lippincott's Nursing Procedures and Skills to nurses in their facility. SUNY Downstate Medical Center is a leading urban medical… Read More
Elsevier, ASRT partnership makes leading CT Basics series available to healthcare organisations - August 20, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced an exclusive partnership with The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) to provide a complete series of computed tomography modules through Mosby’s Imaging Suite for technologists’ continuing education. This partnership will provide technologists access to quality continuing education, and will… Read More
Cambridge University Press and the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries announce publishing partnership - August 20, 2010
Cambridge University Press, the publishing division of the University of Cambridge, and the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries have formed a new partnership to publish two publications - Annals of Actuarial Science and British Actuarial Journal - in the field of actuarial science from 2011. This… Read More
Google seen to cooperate with Motorola for Android 3.0 tablet - August 20, 2010
As several smartphone makers are working aggressively to form cooperation agreements with Google for an Android 3.0 tablet PC, Motorola is currently the company's priority choice, Digitimes Research senior analyst Mingchi Kuo has said citing upstream component makers. Kuo pointed out that cooperation would be similar… Read More
ResearchGATE to provide new networking opportunity for Sigma Xi members - August 19, 2010
Sigma Xi, an international society of science and engineering, has partnered with the online resource ResearchGATE (researchGATE.net) to provide new networking opportunity for its membership of 50,000 scientists and engineers. ResearchGATE is a professional scientific network for scientists… Read More
North Carolina Hospitals, Medical Society and Thomson Reuters collaborate for a statewide healthcare information exchange - August 19, 2010
The North Carolina Hospital Association (NCHA) and The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) along with Moses Cone Health System and WakeMed Health & Hospitals have announced that they are working with Thomson Reuters and CareEvolution to develop and launch the North Carolina Healthcare Information Exchange (NCHEX).… Read More
