Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals launches OA design journal on QScience.com - March 22, 2011
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals (BQFJ) has announced the launch of Tassmeem on QScience.com, the digital publishing portal for research journals. Tassmeem is a new, peer-reviewed, open-access, international design journal that provides a multi-modal forum for the exchange of ideas and findings on all aspects of creative… Read More
National Library of Medicine launches Environmental Health Student Portal - March 21, 2011
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), part of the National Institutes of Health, has announced the launch of the Environmental Health Student Portal. Created by the Specialized Information Services Division, this website introduces middle school students to environmental health science within the context of current middle… Read More
The Endocrine Society launches Editorial Manager sites for four journals - March 18, 2011
Online submission system provider Aries Systems, US, has announced that the Endocrine Society is in the process of establishing Editorial Manager sites as the electronic workflow solution for four of its journals. The journals are: Endocrinology, Endocrine Reviews, The Journal of Clinical… Read More
Wiley announces enhancements to Custom Select programme - March 17, 2011
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced enhancements to its Custom Select programme that enable Higher Education instructors to select content at the sub-chapter level to use in customised course materials. Wiley Custom Select was first launched in 2009 to enable higher education… Read More
Elsevier launches web-based research performance tool – SciVal Strata - March 16, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the availability of SciVal Strata. SciVal Strata is a web-based research performance tool that offers users the flexibility to construct relevant contextual data to evaluate research teams or individual researchers, using a range of indicators based… Read More
TechTarget launches new website for technology and business-focused applications professionals - March 15, 2011
Technology media company TechTarget, Inc., US, has announced the launch of SearchContentManagement.com, a comprehensive, problem-solving website for technology and business-focused applications professionals tasked with leading their companies' content management, collaboration and enterprise search efforts. Launching with over 100,000 registered members and several top advertisers, SearchContentManagement.com… Read More
Ebrary announces 2011 e-books Starter Packs - March 15, 2011
E-books and research technology provider ebrary, US, has announced the availability of its 2011 Starter Packs to help simplify the e-book selection process. With 25 new packages of perpetual archive (purchase) titles in high-use subject areas, Starter Packs claim to provide an ideal way for libraries… Read More
Future Science Ltd unveils online resource for bioanalytical community - March 15, 2011
Future Science Ltd, part of Future Science Group, UK, has launched Bioanalysis Zone - an interactive online resource for the bioanalytical community. Users of Bioanalysis Zone will be able to view featured articles, interviews, industry news, product listings and reviews, webinars, white… Read More
Isis Innovation spinout scouting for investments to develop patented imaging tech - March 15, 2011
Healthcare imaging technology firm Oxford Electromagnetic Acoustic Imaging (OxEMA), UK, is working towards building an imaging system that can be used in a clinical environment. A proposed Isis Innovation spinout company, OxEMA is seeking investment to take its patented technology through its initial clinical, engineering and… Read More
JISC Inform’s digital edition looks at financial and business challenges in colleges and universities - March 14, 2011
The Spring 2011 issue of the JISC Inform interactive digital newsletter looks at how digital technologies can help address today's financial and business challenges in colleges and universities. Professor Eric Thomas, vice-chancellor of the University of Bristol and keynote speaker at the ongoing JISC's annual… Read More
