Digital Science launches new publisher blog – Perspectives - February 27, 2015
Digital Science, a division of Macmillan Science & Education, has launched its new publisher blog - Perspectives. This new blog will offer fresh insights on scholarly communication focused on the publisher arena. The new blog will focus on publishing and scientific communication that will bring… Read More
Articles on nature.com made widely available to read and share to support collaborative research - December 2, 2014
Publishing and technology company Macmillan Science and Education has announced the launch of a publishing initiative that will make it easy for readers to share an unprecedented wealth of scientific knowledge instantly with researchers and scientists across the globe. Subscribers to 49 journals on Read More
Mendeley and WriteLaTeX collaborate to make it easier for authors to ‘cite as they write’ - November 21, 2014
Global research collaboration platform and academic database Mendeley and WriteLaTeX have collaborated to make it easier for authors to 'cite as they write' by linking their Mendeley reference library to WriteLaTeX's online collaborative writing and publishing service. WriteLaTeX is fast becoming… Read More
Syndetic Solutions adds Facebook access - November 13, 2013
ProQuest Syndetic Solutions, the popular OPAC and discovery layer enrichment tool, is offering a free Facebook app for all library subscribers, enabling users who 'like' their library to connect to the catalogue and search for titles right from their library's Facebook page. For libraries, the app… Read More
BMC Medicine to host Twitter-chat to discuss how open access publishing impacts medical research and global health - October 16, 2013
BMC Medicine, an open access journal published by BioMed Central, will be hosting a one hour Twitter-chat to discuss how open access publishing impacts medical research and global health in recognition of Open Access Week (October 21 - 27). Earlier this year, BMC Medicine launched… Read More
NLM’s History of Medicine Division launches new blog ‘Circulating Now’ - July 3, 2013
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has announced that its History of Medicine Division has launched a new blog, Circulating Now, to encourage greater exploration and discovery of one of the world's largest and most treasured history of medicine collections. Encompassing millions of items that span… Read More
Scientific American Mind launches new destination for mind-and-brain-themed blogs - March 14, 2013
Scientific American Mind has launched a new destination for mind-and-brain-themed blogs, blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind. The Scientific American Mind blogs will concentrate on psychology, neuroscience, and related fields. Six new blogs will join the 11 existing mind-and-brain blogs on the Scientific American Mind Network. All… Read More
Mendeley unveils open standards CSL Editor with Columbia University Libraries - December 5, 2012
Research collaboration startup Mendeley has announced the release of the open standards CSL Editor, produced in collaboration with Columbia University Libraries and supported by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The product is projected as the first true 'what-you-see-is-what-you-get' citation style editor for… Read More
Mendeley Institutional Edition expands user base in Asia-Pacific region - November 27, 2012
Mendeley, a UK-based startup, has announced that Mendeley Institutional Edition powered by Swets (MIE), the web-based research analytics dashboard and social collaboration platform, has expanded its reach into the Asia–Pacific market. The platform is being rolled out at the University of Nottingham Malaysia campus. This foreign… Read More
New Emerald publication explores impact of social media on information behaviour - November 26, 2012
Emerald Group Publishing has announced the publication of Social Information Research as Volume 5 of the Library & Information Science book series. The co-editors, Gunila Widen and Kim Holmberg, seek to explore how social networks, social interaction on the web, and social media have impacted the… Read More
