BioMed, BFI unveil integrated database and journal, ‘GigaScience’ - July 7, 2011
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, and genomics institute BGI have announced the November 2011 launch of a new integrated database and journal called GigaScience. The product is projected to meet the needs of a new generation of biological and biomedical research as it enters the… Read More
Elsevier launches online catalogue of Elsevier Heritage Collection - July 6, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of an online catalogue of the Elsevier Heritage Collection, comprising over 2,000 rare books with more than 1,000 distinct titles published by the original Elzevier publishing house from 1580 to 1712. Based in the Netherlands and closely… Read More
Ex Libris opens new data center in the Netherlands - July 5, 2011
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced the opening of a new data center to support the Company's continually expanding range of cloud-based services offered to the European customer community. Located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the data center uses multiple Internet service providers… Read More
comScore launches Device Essentials service to gauge digital traffic across devices - July 5, 2011
comScore, Inc., a US-based provider of digital marketing information, has announced the launch of Device Essentials, a new service reporting on digital traffic by device. This includes computers and other devices, defined as mobile phones, tablets, music players, e-readers, gaming devices, and other web-enabled devices. Based… Read More
ICIS Pricing launches weekly Middle East price assessments in new Middle East Base Oils report - July 5, 2011
ICIS pricing, a price reporting service for the global chemical industry, has expanded its coverage on the global base oil market with the launch of weekly Middle East price assessments in the new Middle East Base Oils report. ICIS pricing weekly Base Oils price reports… Read More
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals launch new journal – QScience Connect - July 4, 2011
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals (BQFJ) has announced the launch of QScience Connect on its digital publishing platform QScience.com. QScience Connect is a new kind of peer-reviewed academic and scientific journal that aims to provide a home for all research considered to be valid, ethical and correct.… Read More
Taylor & Francis launches new platform as successor to informaworld - July 1, 2011
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis, UK, has announced the successful launch of the Taylor & Francis Online site. The site, now fully operational, is the successor to the informaworld platform. The process of redirecting from informaworld to Taylor & Francis Online reportedly ran smoothly and… Read More
Pharmaceutical Press launches BNF on FormularyComplete - June 28, 2011
Publisher Pharmaceutical Press, UK, has announced the launch of BNF on FormularyComplete, giving healthcare professionals the opportunity to synchronise local formulary information with gold standard BNF and BNF for Children guidance in a unique point-of-care tool. Utilising the FormularyComplete editing tool, pharmacists and formulary managers… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education launches K-12 digital programmes at annual ISTE meet - June 28, 2011
Education materials publisher McGraw-Hill Education, US, has launched a series of K-12 products designed to meet schools' growing demand for digital solutions at the International Society of Technology in Education's (ISTE) annual conference. The digital solutions are expected to increase student engagement and effectively drive achievement.… Read More
McGraw-Hill Professional announces next generation of web-based reference tool AccessEngineering - June 24, 2011
Scientific and medical information resources provider McGraw-Hill Professional, US, has announced that it has begun development on AccessEngineering 3.0, a new platform that will bring unprecedented functionality to its vast store of engineering reference content. McGraw-Hill's web-based platform includes such valuable… Read More
