BMJ Group to deploy Datanomic platform for data cleansing - January 22, 2009
Data specialist Datanomic Ltd., UK, has announced that global medical publisher BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. has selected its dn:Director platform to cleanse, standardise, match and enhance its data. The move is expected to help BMJ achieve a consolidated single view of its… Read More
ACS announces pilot programme for free online access to peer-reviewed, accepted manuscripts - January 19, 2009
The world's largest scientific society American Chemical Society (ACS), US, has begun a pilot programme that will make some journal papers available online about two to seven weeks earlier than was the case previously. Authors publishing in the journals ACS Chemical Biology, Journal of Proteome Research,… Read More
McGraw-Hill restructures select business operations - January 7, 2009
Information services provider McGraw-Hill Companies, US, has announced that it has restructured a limited number of business operations and corporate functions in the fourth quarter of 2008. With this move, the company seeks to serve its markets more efficiently in the current economic environment while positioning… Read More
Online edition of Medical Journal of Australia retreats from OA - January 6, 2009
eMJA, the online edition of the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA), is retreating from open access (OA). Starting with the first issue in January 2009, access to general content excluding research papers will become limited to subscribed users only. An Internet version of the MJA (eMJA)… Read More
Google to close scientific data service prior to official launch - December 22, 2008
Internet search services provider Google, US, will reportedly close its highly-anticipated scientific data service, Google Research Datasets, in January without even officially launching the product. The company has announced this in an e-mail to its beta testers, according to media reports. The service was expected to offer scientists a way… Read More
Reed Elsevier drops plans to sell magazine arm due to reduced valuation - December 12, 2008
Publisher Reed Elsevier, Netherlands, has reportedly withdrawn the proposed sale of its trade magazine arm, Reed Business Information (RBI). The decision is seen to be a result of deteriorating trading conditions and the subsidiary's sharply reduced valuation. US buyout firm Bain Capital had been in talks… Read More
JISC to form new committee – JISC Infrastructure and Resources committee - December 5, 2008
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has announced that following a review of JISC's committee structure, the JISC Board has decided that from August 2009 certain key changes will be made to that structure. It was decided in particular that a new committee - the… Read More
Independent News to deploy Nstein’s TME to tag and organise media assets - November 10, 2008
Nstein Technologies, Inc., a Canada-based provider of online publishing solutions for newspapers, magazines and online content providers, has announced a pact with media chain Independent News and Media (UK) Ltd. Under the deal, Independent News will deploy Nstein's Text Mining Engine (TME) solution to semantically tag… Read More
SAGE offers free online access to The Diabetes Educator - November 7, 2008
Academic publisher SAGE has announced complimentary online access to The Diabetes Educator (TDE), a leading journal for diabetes educators, during National Diabetes Awareness Month in November. TDE is published by SAGE on behalf of the American Association of Diabetes Educators. Diabetes educators are healthcare professionals who… Read More
Mary Ann Liebert offers free online access to Journal of Palliative Medicine - November 5, 2008
Medical publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., US, has announced complimentary online access to the Journal of Palliative Medicine in recognition of National Hospice/Palliative Care Month. The offer can be availed of through the end of 2008 at www.liebertpub.com/jpm. A MEDLINE journal,… Read More
