GLC announces new custom publishing partnership with OrthoCarolina - March 30, 2009
Publishing services provider GLC Custom Publishing, US, has announced a new custom publishing partnership with OrthoCarolina, one of the most comprehensive and prestigious orthopedic practices in the US. Fall 2008 was GLC's first issue of a consumer and referring physician magazine, OrthoCarolina, for this physician group.… Read More
CAPES expands local research community access to Scopus - March 25, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that the Brazilian Federal Agency for the Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES) is expanding local research community access to the company's flagship product, Scopus. Scopus is projected as the world's largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature.… Read More
BMJ Group set to publish veterinary medicine titles - March 25, 2009
Medical information publisher BMJ Group, UK, will start publishing - Veterinary Record and In Practice - two leading veterinary medicine titles from May 2009, it was announced. The journals are currently published by the British Veterinary Association (BVA) for its more than 11,000 members and subscribers.… Read More
MIT Press launches e-book portal using iPublishCentral platform - March 25, 2009
E-content delivery solutions provider Impelsys, Inc., US, has announced that MIT Press has launched its e-book portal using iPublishCentral, its self-service e-publishing platform. iPublishCentral enables publishers of any size or in any location to digitise their content for sale online, and promote… Read More
Dialog partners with QUOSA for streamlined search tool - March 25, 2009
Online information services provider Dialog, US, part of the ProQuest family of brands, has announced a partnership with specialist software company QUOSA. Under the deal, the two companies will enable their shared customers to explore full text and search results from Dialog's… Read More
Nature Publishing Group partners with InnoCentive to facilitate open innovation - March 24, 2009
InnoCentive, Inc., the global open innovation marketplace, and scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced a partnership to facilitate greater scientific collaboration and open innovation. Under the deal, InnoCentive and NPG will work together to stimulate the involvement of scientists… Read More
Scopus to be used to develop in new Competence Centre for Bibliometrics - March 23, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that its flagship product, Scopus, has been chosen by the Institute for Research Information and Quality Assurance (iFQ) to be used in the development of its new German Competence Centre for Bibliometrics. Scopus is projected as the world's largest abstract… Read More
OCLC launches new programmes to lower costs for member libraries - March 23, 2009
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, and its network of US Regional Service Providers are implementing new programmes designed to increase value and reduce overall service costs for OCLC member libraries. The new infrastructure and service design changes are intended to make… Read More
OCLC includes more content and a new platform for FirstSearch subscribers - March 20, 2009
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, has expanded its offer to FirstSearch subscribers (to its base package) to include the OAIster, CAMIO and ArchiveGrid databases at no additional charge. CONTENTdm Quick Start, an entry-level, hosted version of the digital collection management software,… Read More
Shands HealthCare selects Thomson Reuters’ CareNotes System for patient education - March 19, 2009
Information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that Shands HealthCare has selected its Micromedex CareNotes System as a key component of its ongoing effort to improve patient education. Shands is a not-for-profit healthcare system affiliated with the University of Florida and its Health Science Center campuses… Read More
