The first quantum machine named Science’s ‘Breakthrough of the Year’ - December 20, 2010
US-based journal Science, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), has announced that the December 17, issue of the journal takes a look back at the big science stories over the past 12 months and presents its selections… Read More
Cengage Learning named to 2010-2011 EContent’s list of 100 digital companies that matter most - December 9, 2010
Teaching, learning and research solutions provider Cengage Learning, US, has announced that it was named to EContent magazine's list of 100 companies that matter most in the digital content industry. Companies named to the EContent 100 List are chosen for their continued… Read More
Taylor & Francis Journals awarded International Publisher of the Year 2010 - November 29, 2010
Publisher Taylor & Francis, UK, has announced that Taylor & Francis Journals have been awarded International Publisher of the Year by the International Printers' Network (IPN). The award was given to the publisher in recognition of their pioneering use of digital printing… Read More
Bristol University ChemLabS celebrated by JISC Times Higher Education Award - November 29, 2010
Eighteen universities across the UK are celebrating their achievements after they received this year's Times Higher Education (THE) Awards in London. The awards ceremony, hosted by THE's editor Ann Mroz and Michael Portillo, with an opening address by David Willets, was attended by more than 1,000 people from universities and… Read More
Knovel named to 2010-2011 EContent’s list of 100 digital companies that matter most - November 24, 2010
Knovel, a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced that it has been named to the 2010-2011 EContent 100 list of companies that matter most in the digital content industry. This is the fifth time Knovel has been selected for this… Read More
Elsevier’s Saunders Solutions for Vets Professional Skills online-course suite wins 2010 Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning award - November 12, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that its Vet CPD Professional Skills online courses have won a coveted Brandon Hall award for excellence as 'Best Custom Content'. The suite of five 'How To…' case-study courses build on the innovative e-learning approach established by the trailblasing 'How… Read More
Zentralblatt MATH witnesses 3 millionth bibliographic entry in reference database - November 11, 2010
Zentralblatt MATH (ZBMATH), a reference database in mathematical research, has published its 3 millionth bibliographic entry. ZBMATH is projected as the leading publication in mathematics, presenting the development of research in this discipline for the past 150 years. A total of 3,500 journals and more than 1,100 book series and… Read More
CAB Direct reaches the nine-million mark - November 3, 2010
Life sciences publisher Centre for Agricultural Bioscience International (CABI), UK, has announced that its database platform, CAB Direct, has published its nine-millionth abstract. CAB Direct includes CAB Abstracts, a leading database covering applied life sciences. ‘Effect of different herbicides on control of purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus… Read More
Cambridge delivers eighth successive year of growth - November 2, 2010
Cambridge University Press, the publishing division of the University of Cambridge, has reported its eighth successive year of growth in its annual report for the year to April 30, 2010, despite a turbulent global economy. The report shows that sales of books and journals published by… Read More
CHOICE deems ebrary’s Academic Complete e-book database ‘Highly Recommended’ - October 11, 2010
Digital content products and technologies provider ebrary, US, has announced that CHOICE has acknowledged its flagship Academic Complete e-book subscription database as 'highly recommended' to lower level undergraduate students and above. CHOICE is a publishing unit of the Association of College and Research Libraries, and the… Read More
