PLoS journals now optimised for tablets - July 8, 2013
PLoS has announced that its journals are now optimised for tablets. In December 2012, PLoS redesigned its journals, and although these journals have always worked on tablets, they are now tailored to suit these devices as part of a continued roll-out of site enhancements to meet… Read More
New mapFAST Mobile lets users search WorldCat.org from their smartphone or mobile browser - June 27, 2013
Computer library service OCLC has announced that the new mapFAST Mobile lets one search WorldCat.org from their smartphone or mobile browser for materials related to any location and find them in the nearest library. Available on the web and now as an Android app in… Read More
PubMatic announces 50 data parameters to increase publishers’ ad qualification score - June 13, 2013
PubMatic, the digital media platform company for publishers, has announced the general availability of a significant platform upgrade focused on data enrichment and cross-device integration. Launched in April, this upgrade identifies devices and layers on more than 30 third-party parameters and up to 20 first-party parameters.… Read More
Volumes 124 to 143 of the International School of Physics Enrico Fermi book series now available as ebooks - June 11, 2013
STM publisher IOS Press, Netherlands, has announced that volumes 124 to 143 of the book series International School of Physics Enrico Fermi have recently been digitised and are now also available as ebooks on the IOS Press Ebooks Platform. All volumes published under the IOS Press… Read More
Elsevier’s over 500 journal-branded custom websites now equipped for semantic search and improved mobile reading experience - June 5, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced a major investment in services provided to its society partners and individual readers - a new online platform and management system for its over 500 health, medical, and life science journal-branded websites. It is expected that the new online platform… Read More
HighWire Press and GeoScienceWorld expands journals partnership - May 30, 2013
HighWire Press, a not-for-profit division of Stanford University Libraries, and GeoScienceWorld (GSW) have announced a significant expansion of their journals partnership through a new integrated eBooks platform built on the HighWire Open Platform. The GSW eBooks Collections claims to be the first non-profit, multi-publisher eBooks… Read More
Elsevier launches Genomics Data app in collaboration with Illumina - May 22, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of the Genomics Data app in collaboration with Illumina, a sequencing and array-based solutions provider for genetics research. The app allows researchers to share large data sets in Illumina’s BaseSpace cloud, where they can easily be reviewed and… Read More
Microsoft and Janet alliance to provide faster, more secure cloud-computing services to over 18 million students and staff in the UK - May 22, 2013
Software vendor Microsoft Corp., US, and Janet, the UK’s research and education network, have signed a new peering arrangement as a result of which more than 18 million students, staff and researchers at institutions across the UK could start to benefit from a faster and more… Read More
Elsevier Australia launches new nursing app for self-testing and easy revision - May 16, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier Australia has announced the launch of the first app in its Clinical Cases app series 'Clinical Cases – Fundamentals of Nursing'. This nursing app is purpose-designed for self-testing and easy revision. The complete 'Clinical Cases – Fundamentals of Nursing' app features 24… Read More
medicalphysicsweb launches iPad supplement - April 29, 2013
Non-profit scientific publisher IOP Publishing (IOP), UK, has announced that medicalphysicsweb, the website for the medical physics community, has launched an iPad version of its supplement, the medicalphysicsweb review. The supplement, which is available to download from the Apple Store for free, is published several times… Read More
