Eleven new partners join IMPACT consortium - May 26, 2010
The European research project IMPACT (Improving Access to Text) recently entered its second phase by taking up 11 new partners from Southern and Eastern Europe into the consortium. These new partners will seek to contribute to the project's goals of optimising OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software… Read More
Oxford University Press implements RSuite to transform publishing operations - May 26, 2010
Academic and reference books publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has licensed RSuite, a content management system for publishers. OUP is implementing RSuite across an initial subset of its book content. The Press publishes more than 6,000 new titles a year. RSuite will serve as the central… Read More
Ariadne and Aureus Pharma join forces to deliver knowledge management solutions for life sciences industry - May 26, 2010
Bioinformatics firm Ariadne, US, and Aureus Pharma have announced a partnership to deliver leading knowledge management solutions for the life sciences industry. Ariadne will also distribute Aureus' offerings in the US. Financial terms were not disclosed. The two companies will initiate a collaboration to explore together… Read More
ProMedica Health System to provide nursing information in LWW’s Nursing Procedures and Skills and Nursing Advisor - May 26, 2010
Publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that ProMedica Health System (PHS) will provide nursing information in Lippincott's Nursing Procedures and Skills and Lippincott's Nursing Advisor to the nurses in their facilities. ProMedica Health System is a not-for-profit healthcare… Read More
Emerald and Login Canada Inc announce print distribution agreement - May 25, 2010
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has announced that it has signed a print distribution agreement with Login Canada Inc., effective April 1, 2010. The announcement was made at the ongoing Book Expo America, New York, May 25-27, 2010. Login Canada has… Read More
Apple seen under pressure as Google’s acquisition of AdMob is cleared - May 25, 2010
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, has reportedly won regulators' clearance to buy AdMob, Inc. On May 21, 2010, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) unanimously approved Google's $750 million acquisition, stating that it would not hinder competition in the fledgling mobile-ad market. The deal is expected to make Google… Read More
Collaborative industry community and website to enable IT professionals make more informed decisions - May 24, 2010
CA Technologies (formerly Computer Associates), an IT management software and solutions company, recently launched Cloud Commons, a collaborative community and website for IT professionals seeking insights into how to best use cloud computing to improve how IT supports business objectives. In addition to CA Technologies, which… Read More
Dialog, RefWorks join forces to boost research productivity - May 24, 2010
Online information services provider Dialog, US, and RefWorks, a web-based research management, writing and collaboration tool, are enabling their shared customers to export Dialog and DataStar search results into RefWorks. This direct export ability is supported through multiple interface options plus Alerts, boosting researchers' ability to… Read More
Springer set to publish Journal of The American Society for Mass Spectrometry - May 24, 2010
STM publisher Springer has announced that it will publish the American Society for Mass Spectrometry's official journal - Journal of The American Society for Mass Spectrometry. Springer will publish the journal, previously published by Elsevier, starting in January 2011. Professor Michael L. Gross of Washington University… Read More
Elsevier/MC Strategies and AACN partner to develop a series of online nursing courses - May 21, 2010
E-learning solutions provider Elsevier/MC Strategies, US, has announced a partnership with the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) to develop a series of online nursing courses. The first course in this series - AACN Critical Care Pharmacology - is expected to provide significant benefits to bedside… Read More
