Canon Communications acquires pharmaceuticals industry blog Pharmalot - May 4, 2010
Trade publisher Canon Communications, US, has announced the acquisition of Pharmalot, a blog focused on news and information in the pharmaceutical industry. As part of the acquisition, Pharmalot’s founder, Ed Silverman, will join Canon as an Editor at Large in the Pharmaceutical Media Group and will… Read More
BioMed Central and MIT Libraries partner to deposit OA articles automatically using SWORD protocol - April 30, 2010
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has partnered with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries. The deal is to develop an automated system that uses the latest technology to automatically populate MIT's digital repository, DSpace@MIT, with the official version of articles by MIT researchers that have… Read More
Nature Publishing Group and b-on in deal to provide 69 Portuguese institutions with site license access to Nature - April 30, 2010
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and Biblioteca do Conhecimento Online (b-on) have signed a three-year agreement to provide 69 institutions in Portugal with site license access to Nature. More than 300,000 researchers and students in Portugal will now gain access to research and news published… Read More
Ex Libris and Gale partner to offer online access to e-books and journals via Primo Central - April 30, 2010
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, US, has announced an agreement with e-research and educational publisher Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US. Under the deal, a number of Gale’s academic databases can now be accessed directly via the Primo Central mega-aggregate of scholarly e-content. The flagship… Read More
ScholarOne partners with SciVee to capture and share meeting content - April 29, 2010
Information services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced a new partnership between ScholarOne and SciVee, a provider of rich media solutions to the scientific, technical and medical market. ScholarOne is Thomson Reuters’ industry-leading peer review workflow management solution. The partnership between ScholarOne and SciVee will give… Read More
Semantico’s online publishing expertise helps Nature improve discoverability - April 29, 2010
Online publishing services provider Semantico Ltd., UK, has announced that it has completed an important consultancy project for scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) examining the use of taxonomies across their online content. It is observed that readers frequently use search facilities to find articles that… Read More
Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center selects ProVation EHR software for electronic documentation and patient charting - April 29, 2010
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center has selected its ProVation EHR electronic health record and patient charting solution. ProVation EHR is an electronic health record designed for busy, cost-conscious Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs). It offers robust… Read More
University of North Carolina at Greensboro shows support for open access - April 28, 2010
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) has become its latest institutional member. UNCG serves nearly 20,000 students on campus and through a variety of distance learning programmes, with an emphasis on both teaching and research.… Read More
Thomson Reuters and WIPO partner to provide free access to global patent information in developing nations - April 27, 2010
The IP Solutions business of Thomson Reuters has announced a partnership with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to launch a programme giving industrial property offices and government and academic researchers in developing countries free access to global patent information. The programme, slated for launch in… Read More
McGraw-Hill, Intel collaborate to bring personalised digital learning experience to elementary classrooms - April 27, 2010
Education materials publisher McGraw-Hill Education, US, has announced a collaboration with Intel. The combination of McGraw-Hill's educational content with Intel Learning Series technology specifically designed for the elementary school classroom creates a personalised learning experience for students. For schools, this collaboration offers the flexibility to choose… Read More
