New Project MUSE web interface now live at muse.jhu.edu - January 4, 2012
Project MUSE has announced that its new interface, featuring book and journal content integrated on a single platform, is up and running at muse.jhu.edu. Project MUSE is a collaboration between libraries and publishers, providing full-text, affordable and user-friendly online access to a comprehensive selection of prestigious… Read More
JSCM publishes 2011 standards for consistent classification of spinal cord injuries - January 4, 2012
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine (JSCM), published by Maney Publishing, UK, has published 2011 revision of the International Standards for the Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI). The standards, which seek to guide consistent classification of spinal cord injuries in… Read More
Gleanster launches Insight Exchange Open Resource Library - December 29, 2011
Market research and advisory services firm Gleanster, US, has announced the launch of the Insight Exchange Open Resource Library. The Open Resource Library reportedly consists of third party-submitted white papers, research reports, case studies, and other types of thought leadership related to… Read More
First in series of ‘Stories in Medicine’ podcasts to focus on infectious disease - December 28, 2011
Journal Medicine, published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, will launch a series of podcasts featuring pioneering infectious disease physician Dr. John Bartlett, beginning this month. The first podcast in the 'Stories in Medicine' series is now available at
BNA Books releases 2011 supplement to pharmaceutical law resource - December 28, 2011
BNA Books, a division of US-based specialised news and information publisher BNA, has announced the publication of the 2011 Supplement to Pharmaceutical Law: Regulation of Research, Development, and Marketing. The supplement seeks to provide important updates on securities cases and developments involving fraud and abuse, Health… Read More
The US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity asks scientific journals to censor bird flu studies - December 23, 2011
The U.S. National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity has reportedly asked scientific journals Nature and Science not to publish the details of studies done on the bird flu virus. The Board expressed concerns that the information could be used by bioterrorists. … Read More
Supplement issue of Journal of Clinical Virology brings together Papers on HIV Diagnostic Testing Algorithms - December 23, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that its Journal of Clinical Virology has released a special supplement entitled 'Update on HIV Diagnostic Testing Algorithms' in collaboration with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The supplement contains articles which summarise studies since the… Read More
Brill releases BrillOnline.com, new resource center for study and research - December 23, 2011
Academic publisher Brill, Netherlands, has released BrillOnline.com, the brand new resource center for study and research. BrillOnline.com provides the academic user access to Brill's wide collection of e-books, online journals, online reference works and online bibliographies. At launch BrillOnline.com contains more than 800,000 documents. Projected… Read More
Latest issue of IBM Journal of Research and Development focuses on Cloud Computing - December 22, 2011
Technical professional association IEEE, US, has announced that the November/December issue of IBM Journal of Research and Development has been published and appears exclusively in the IEEE Xplore digital library. This issue focuses on cloud computing and emphasises new technologies that form the foundational building… Read More
ARL publishes ARL Statistics 2009–2010 - December 22, 2011
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published ARL Statistics 2009–2010, the latest in a series of annual publications that describe the collections, staffing, expenditures, and service activities of the 125 ARL member libraries in 2009–2010. Of these, 115 were university libraries (18 in Canada and… Read More
