UBM Electronics and ECIA call for nominations for the inaugural Electronics Choice Industry Awards - July 8, 2011
Technical information provider UBM Electronics, a UBM company, and the Electronics Components Industry Association (ECIA) have called for entries for the inaugural Electronics Choice Industry Awards (ECIA's). The ECIA awards celebrate excellence in marketing by honoring ECIA members who have displayed exceptional branding and marketing programmes… Read More
Bangkok designated World Book Capital 2013 by UNESCO - July 7, 2011
The Royal Thai Embassy in Paris has reported to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that Bangkok has been designated World Book Capital 2013 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Headquarters in Paris. The city was selected because of its success in bringing… Read More
Sentri7 receives 2011/2012 EHR modular certification - July 4, 2011
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that its Sentri7 clinical surveillance, documentation and reporting application has received 2011/2012 Electronic Health Record (EHR) modular certification. With this certification, the software is now deemed to be capable of enabling providers to meet the… Read More
EIFL bags 2011 SPARC-Europe Award for Outstanding Achievements in Scholarly Communications - July 4, 2011
Not-for-profit organisation Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL) has announced that the EIFL Open Access programme has received the 2011 SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) Europe Award for Outstanding Achievements in Scholarly Communications. EIFL was selected for its awareness, advocacy and capacity building… Read More
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
