US National Library of Medicine celebrates 175 years of information innovation - March 15, 2011
The year 2011 marks the 175th anniversary of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), part of the National Institutes of Health. Claimed to be the world's largest medical library and the producer of electronic information resources used by millions of people every day, NLM has changed… Read More
SPARC Europe calls for nominations for the Award for Outstanding Achievements in Scholarly Communications - March 14, 2011
SPARC Europe, an alliance of European research libraries, library organisations and research institutions, will be accepting nominations for the sixth SPARC Europe Award for Outstanding Achievements in Scholarly Communications and Open Access. Nominations are open to individuals or teams, preferably within Europe, who have made… Read More
Farm Journal Media receives Grand Neal Award - March 14, 2011
Farm Journal Media has received the coveted Grand Neal Award during American Business Media's 57th Annual Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards ceremony, held at the Mandarin Oriental in New York City. The winning entry, 'The Farm Journal Legacy Project,' from the company's print and… Read More
Thomson Reuters names ‘Hottest’ researchers and papers of 2010 - March 11, 2011
Information services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced the results of its annual roundup of the 'hottest' researchers and research papers. In its March/April issue of Science Watch, an open Web resource for science metrics and analysis, Thomson Reuters identified the top 13 authors who fielded… Read More
Maney Publishing achieves 100th journal mark - March 11, 2011
Academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has published its 100th journal with the release of the first 2011 issue of Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. The imprint, whose first journals appeared in 1998, has become a significant publisher of British society journals and in recent years has… Read More
Mendeley’s API Binary Battle calls on developers to build an app to make science more open - March 9, 2011
Mendeley, one of the world's largest crowd-sourced research databases, has announced the Mendeley API Binary Battle, challenging talented developers to build an application on top of Mendeley's open database of over 70 million research papers, usage statistics, reader demographics, social tags, and related research recommendations. The… Read More
CRC Press’ CRCnetBASE platform reaches 1.5 million searches milestone in February 2011 - March 7, 2011
CRC Press, a US-based publisher of technical and scientific works, has announced that CRCnetBASE, its e-book platform, reached a milestone in February 2011 by recording nearly 1.5 million searches in a single month. The Atypon-powered CRCnetBASE platform was first launched in February 2010 with new… Read More
ALPSP invites applications for 2011 Awards for publishing innovation and best new journal - March 3, 2011
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) has called for applications for the 2011 Awards for publishing innovation and best new journal. The ALPSP award for publishing innovation recognises a significantly innovative approach to any aspect of publication. The judges will consider the… Read More
EBSCO’s nursing resources to help hospitals achieve Magnet designation - February 22, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that evidence-based nursing content from EBSCO is now being recognised as a way to help hospitals achieve Magnet designation. Magnet designation is awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to hospitals that satisfy a set… Read More
Knovel doubles new business growth in 2010 - February 10, 2011
Knovel, a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced that it doubled new business revenue in 2010 and its annual subscription renewal rate continues to exceed 90 percent. Knovel's sustained year-over-year growth will fuel expansion in 2011. The company plans to… Read More
