ebrary chosen to present QuickView and other technologies at ALA midwinter meeting - November 12, 2008
E-book technology firm ebrary, US, has announced that it is one of 10 vendors chosen to present at the American Library Association's Technology Showcase, during the ALA midwinter Meeting in Denver, Colorado. In addition to new technologies in development, ebrary will showcase its new ebrary QuickView,… Read More
University of East Anglia researchers win SAGE award, Research Project of the Year - October 28, 2008
Researchers exploring the tipping points of climate change have won the 2008 Times Higher Education Award for Research Project of the year, sponsored by SAGE. Climate system tipping elements, led by Timothy Lenton, University of East Anglia, encompasses the findings of a global project involving researchers from the University of… Read More
Vietnam Journals Online reaches 1,000 journal articles mark - October 27, 2008
The International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) has announced that Vietnam Journals Online (VJOL), a project supported by the INASP, now has 1,000 journal articles online. Initiated in July 2006, VJOL was officially launched in September 2007. The project… Read More
Swets awarded new ISO 9001:2000 certificate - October 23, 2008
Subscription services provider Swets, Netherlands, has announced that the company has been issued a new ISO 9001:2000 certificate. The new certificate has been awarded to all of Swets' operating offices worldwide based on intensive audits carried out by an independent certification body, Det Norske Veritas (DNV),… Read More
Ingram Digital announces record Q3 e-Book downloads - October 15, 2008
Digital content services provider Ingram Digital, US, has announced that its Retail Solutions unit has enjoyed record third quarter growth with downloads more than double the same quarter last year. The company also announced that it has been selected by Adobe Systems Incorporated to collaborate in… Read More
Springer partners with the Society for Mathematical Biology to fund new awards - October 14, 2008
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced a partnership with the Society of Mathematical Biology (SMB) to fund a series of prizes based on papers published in the Springer journal Bulletin of Mathematical Biology (BMB). The awards honour the enormous contribution that applied mathematician Lee Segel made… Read More
Three contributors to John Wiley publications bag Chemistry Nobel for 2008 - October 10, 2008
STM publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced that all the three 2008 Chemistry Nobel laureates - Dr. Osamu Shimomura, Dr. Martin Chalfie and Dr. Roger Y. Tsien - are part of its publishing community. The scientists bagged the honour for discovering green… Read More
The Scientific Business of Thomson Reuters predicts Nobel laureates for 2008 - October 6, 2008
The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters, US, has announced the 2008 Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates researchers likely to be in contention for Nobel honours. This is in anticipation of this year's Nobel Prize winners to be announced in October. Every year, data from ISI Web of… Read More
SAGE eReference platform wins APEX award - October 6, 2008
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that the SAGE eReference platform was recently awarded the Annual Award for Publication Excellence (APEX) in the web and intranet sites category. This honour follows the platform's selection as a 2007 Choice Outstanding Academic Title and a 2007 Library Journal Best… Read More
Journal of Medical Case Reports publishes 500th case report - October 3, 2008
Open access publisher BioMed Central, US, has announced the publication of the 500th case report in the Journal of Medical Case Reports (JMCR). The 500th article shows an analysis of 113 medical case reports that identify risk factors for the development of complications after endovascular abdominal… Read More
