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
Cambridge University Press announces digital rights license agreement with Bookshare - May 21, 2010
Cambridge University Press (CUP) has entered into a license agreement with Bookshare, a nonprofit organisation that provides books in accessible formats for people with qualified print disabilities such as blindness or low vision, a physical disability or a severe learning disability that affects reading. Under the… Read More
WebJunction-Florida to offer online learning, community sharing to state’s library staffs - May 21, 2010
WebJunction, an online learning community for librarians and library staff, has partnered with the State Library and Archives of Florida to launch the new WebJunction-Florida. Library staff in Florida will now be able to access courses at no individual cost through the WebJunction community, and use… Read More
British Library partners with brightsolid to digitise up to 40 million pages of historic newspapers - May 20, 2010
The British Library has announced a new partnership with online publisher brightsolid. The partnership between the British Library and brightsolid will enable the digitisation of a minimum of 4 million pages of newspapers over the first two years. Over the course of ten years, the agreement… Read More
