Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting launches online community - June 9, 2011
'Lindau Nobel Community - the interactive home of the Lindau Meetings' recently launched at lindau.nature.com. The site goes live ahead of the 61st annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, scheduled for June 26 – July 1, 2011 on the shores of Lake Constance. This year, blogs in Spanish and Chinese will… Read More
Infotrieve launches social media and collaboration tools for Mobile Library - May 30, 2011
e-content business service solutions provider Infotrieve, Inc., US, has introduced a suite of fully secure social media and collaboration tools for its Mobile Library. It has added capabilities such as virtual workgroups, sharing and collaboration, annotating, rating and reviewing, along with the ability to follow colleagues… Read More
NISO launches E-book special interest group to foster collaborative work - May 9, 2011
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and its Architecture Committee have announced the creation of a Special Interest Group focused on e-books (the NISO E-book SIG). Simultaneous with the formation of the group, NISO is issuing a call for participation in the E-book SIG and its… Read More
Ziff Davis Enterprise unveils new video blog series on eWeek.com - April 22, 2011
Integrated media firm Ziff Davis Enterprise, US, has launched a video blog series on eWeek.com. Sponsored by Hewlett Packard, the goal of the video blog is to provide SMB executives with the technology knowledge they need to manage and grow their business. The video blog series… Read More
UBM TechWeb launches new online community – The BrainYard - April 4, 2011
Business information provider UBM TechWeb, US, has launched 'The BrainYard', a website community for business and technology leaders who are using and exploring social technology tools and applications to drive new levels of business performance. 'The BrainYard' will serve the fast… Read More
SPARC launches new e-forum for subject repository development - March 31, 2011
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) will host a new discussion forum dedicated to the unique needs of the subject-based digital repository community. As repositories continue to grow as an engine for driving Open Access worldwide, new challenges and opportunities emerge and the demand… Read More
Jane Burke starts guest blog series for InfoViews - February 25, 2011
InfoViews has roped in Jane Burke, ProQuest Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, as a guest blogger. The information industry veteran will explore the latest developments in discovery and their impact on academic libraries in a six-part series that debuts this week. Her first post regarding… Read More
QuantiaMD-Journal Watch initiative to select best clinical case in medicine - February 18, 2011
Over 2,500 physicians from across the US have reportedly come together on QuantiaMD, an online physician-to-physician learning collaborative, for a programme presented in collaboration with Journal Watch, from the publishers of the New England Journal of Medicine. Through the programme National Case Challenge, physicians viewed real-life… Read More
SAGE launches cross-community online network for social science - January 13, 2011
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the launch of Socialsciencespace, a new online network that aims to champion the value and relevance of the social sciences. Socialsciencespace seeks to bring together researchers, funders, societies, think tanks, policy makers and government to explore, share… Read More
Pioneering social networks model new way for ProQuest to engage scholars and enhance collaboration in research - January 10, 2011
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, UK, is expanding the features and engagement opportunities available in AtmosPeer, a social community designed for atmospheric scientists, and EEBO Interactions, a companion site to ProQuest's flagship database Early English Books Online. With steady growth in the number of registered… Read More
