INFORMS launches new website for Analytics industry - February 14, 2011
Analytics, the online publication aimed at business analysts, recently launched a new website, http://analytics-magazine.com. The new site is expected to enhance the publication's goal of promoting the analytics profession worldwide. Analytics, published bimonthly by INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences)… Read More
EBSCO Publishing unveils Competency Watch, expands learning content offerings - February 11, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced the launch of a new monitoring service, Competency Watch. The service provides high-end, evidence-based information for companies to help employees at all levels develop core competencies - capabilities, skills, proficiencies, expertise and experience that add value… Read More
Maney Publishing and MPS Limited to release production tracking system for journal publishers - February 10, 2011
Publishing solutions provider MPS Limited, a Macmillan company, and UK-based academic publisher Maney Publishing are co-developing a production tracking system designed to handle the tracking, information, and reporting elements of the journal production process. The product, which integrates with existing systems such… Read More
Bowker releases new version of Books In Print to enhance discovery - February 10, 2011
Bibliographic information provider Bowker, a business unit of ProQuest, has released a new version of Books In Print, one of the industry's top model online bibliographic book and ebook reference sources. According to the company, the new Books In Print is visually appealing and easy to… Read More
Two oncology books by University of Louisville School of Medicine professors released - February 10, 2011
Two University of Louisville School of Medicine professors recently authored reference works in the field of oncology. While one focuses on the use of radiation treatment for childhood cancers, the other is on hepatocellular carcinoma, or liver cancer. Dr. Edward C. Halperin, dean of the… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell adds over 40 new titles to its journals programme in 2011 - February 9, 2011
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and Scholarly (STMS) publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced that it is adding 42 new titles to its journals programme in 2011. This includes 11 new launches and 35 journals published in collaboration with societies or other organisations.… Read More
New thematic series on data standardisation, sharing and publication - February 8, 2011
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that its journal BMC Research Notes has published a new thematic series on data standardisation, sharing and publication. The journal launched a series of educational articles, as it publishes the first of the numerous manuscripts received since September… Read More
Really Strategies announces RSuite Cloud - February 7, 2011
Content management consulting and solutions provider Really Strategies, Inc., US, recently announced the availability of RSuite Cloud, a web-based editorial and production system for automated multilingual publishing to print, web, and eBook formats. RSuite Cloud is a hosted end-to-end content management and publishing system for… Read More
JISC infoNet Impact Calculator to help higher education institutions improve effectiveness - February 7, 2011
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has announced that its Impact Calculator is designed to provide a robust, transparent and consistent means of predicting and measuring the impact of a new process or system on an organisation. Produced in Microsoft Excel, the JISC infoNet… Read More
AIP launches new journal, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters - February 7, 2011
The American Institute of Physics (AIP) has announced the launch of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters (TAML). Co-published with the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, the new journal is projected to be an essential source of groundbreaking research from scientists worldwide. The access… Read More