Wolters Kluwer Health award for Excellence in Clinical Communication - May 6, 2013
Information services provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced its ongoing support for the academic community through the 2013 Award of Excellence in Clinical Communication, an annual honour for exceptional pharmacy students. Recognising the ever-growing importance of strong communication skills in clinicians, Wolters Kluwer Health is… Read More
Former ACS president Bassam Shakhashiri bags CSSP’s Sagan Award - May 6, 2013
The Council of Scientific Society Presidents (CSSP) has honoured American Chemical Society's (ACS) past president Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, Ph.D., for decades of efforts in promoting public understanding of science. The group has named Shakhashiri as recipient of the 2013 Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science.… Read More
Elsevier launches third annual ‘Mosby’s Superheroes of Nursing’ contest - May 2, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of its third annual Mosby's 'Superheroes of Nursing' contest, aimed at recognising the work and dedication of individual nursing professionals. The contest is officially opening for 2013 applicants on May 1, as a kick-off to Nurses Week (May… Read More
ARL joins PLOS, Wellcome Trust and Google to launch Accelerating Science Award Program - May 2, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has joined major sponsors Public Library of Science (PLOS), Wellcome Trust and Google to launch the Accelerating Science Award Program (ASAP), which recognises the use of scientific research, published through open access, which has led to innovations in any field… Read More
Ingram’s Vital Source unit bags two Telly Awards for educational video work - May 2, 2013
Ingram Content Group Inc., a US-based provider of physical and digital services to the book industry, has announced that Vital Source Technologies, Inc., one of its operating units, has been awarded two Telly Awards for innovative work in educational video production. The Telly Award seeks to… Read More
Six Elsevier book titles win awards from text and academic authors association - May 1, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that six of its books will receive awards from the Text and Academic Authors Association. Four titles will receive the Textbook Excellence Award, better known as a ‘Texty,’ and two titles will receive the Most Promising New Textbook Award. The… Read More
Elsevier and IEDA launch data rescue competition for Earth Sciences discipline - April 30, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and IEDA (Integrated Earth Data Applications), an NSF-funded data facility in the geosciences at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, are jointly launching a new competition, the International Data Rescue Competition, which aims to improve preservation and access of research data… Read More
John Wiley, Elsevier to sponsor APEC prize for ocean research - April 26, 2013
APEC member economies have announced that they will honour a young scientist in 2013 whose collaborative work in the region has made an outstanding contribution to sustainable ocean development. Publishers John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and Elsevier are sponsors for the APEC… Read More
eBooks on Demand network receives 2013 ALA Presidential Citation for Innovative International Library Projects award - April 25, 2013
The eBooks on Demand (EOD) project of the EOD Network is one of three projects selected to receive the 2013 American Library Association (ALA) Presidential Citation for Innovative International Library Projects. The EOD Library Network aims to digitise the public domain books on users' request.… Read More
BioMed Central announces winner of 7th Annual Research Awards - April 23, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced the winner of the 7th Annual Research Awards. The awards honour the very best research published in one of BioMed Central's 250 plus open access journals in 2012. The winners of the BioMed Central Research Award, supported by… Read More
