PLoS ONE journal named new SPARC Innovator - July 1, 2011
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has named the Public Library of Science's (PLoS) PLoS ONE as the SPARC Innovator for June 2011. Launched in 2006, PLoS ONE is an interdisciplinary journal and groundbreaking new model in which editors and reviewers do not… Read More
Elsevier Properties SA announces winners of the 2011 Reaxys PhD Prize - June 28, 2011
Elsevier Properties SA, a center of excellence within Reed Elsevier for the management of intellectual property, has announced the winners of the Reaxys PhD Prize, a competition for candidates currently studying for a PhD or having completed a PhD within the last 12 months. The Prize… Read More
Number of institutions using Ex Libris’ bX article recommender service exceeds one thousand - June 21, 2011
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that following the selection of the bX article recommender service by the Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI), the number of institutions using bX now exceeds 1000. bX was developed as a collaborative effort… Read More
Thomson Reuters’ Clinical Xpert CareFocus receives ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification - June 17, 2011
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that its Clinical Xpert CareFocus is 2011/2012 compliant and was recently certified as an EHR Module by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT), an ONC-ATCB, in accordance with the applicable eligible hospital certification criteria adopted by… Read More
IET Inspec database registers 12 millionth record - June 16, 2011
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has announced that its Inspec database has reached 12 million records in June 2011. IET Inspec is a bibliographic database in the fields of electronics, physics, computer science and engineering. This achievement marks a significant milestone - making the… Read More
Ten millionth record added to WorldCat via the WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway - June 8, 2011
Computer library service and research organisation OCLC, US, has announced that a record for a book accessible online marked the 10 millionth record added to WorldCat via the WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway. The record, titled Task-oriented and Purposeful Robot-Assisted Therapy, was harvested into WorldCat by staff… Read More
More than 1 million eBooks now available via SwetsWise! - June 8, 2011
Journal subscription services provider Swets, Netherlands, has announced that its information resource management and procurement platform, SwetsWise, has recently expanded its eBook catalogue to more than one million publications. Swets has signed agreements with a number of eBooks publishers and aggregators, bringing together a wealth of… Read More
AIP Publishing announces publication of 100,000th paper in AIP Conference Proceedings series - June 6, 2011
AIP Publishing, a division of the American Institute of Physics (AIP), has announced the publication of the 100,000th paper in its AIP Conference Proceedings series. The proceedings volume that contains the 100,000th article is The IX International Conference on Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum -… Read More
Nature Communications celebrates first anniversary, publishes 300th research paper in the natural sciences - June 1, 2011
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced that its journal Nature Communications recently celebrated its first successful year, publishing its 300th research paper in the natural sciences. Launched in April 2010, nearly half of the papers published in Nature Communications to date are open… Read More
Summon discovery service wins top honours at the 2011 CODiE Award ceremony - May 27, 2011
Serials Solutions, a US-based provider of tools and services for libraries and a business unit of ProQuest LLC, has announced that the Summon discovery service took top honours at the 2011 CODiE Award ceremony. It was named the Best Enterprise Search Solution. Claimed to be… Read More
