Infibeam continues to make significant additions to eBook store - December 30, 2010
eCommerce portal Infibeam, India, continues to make significant additions to its eBook store. For the first time in India, technology ebooks from publishers like Cambridge University press, Tata McGraw Hill, Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, Pearson and John Wiley & Sons have been made available on a… Read More
Pharmacology, Principles and Practice deemed ‘highly commended’ by the BMA 2010 Medical Books Awards - December 29, 2010
Pharmacology, Principles and Practice, a textbook created by several University of Toledo (UT) professors along with others from across the US was deemed 'highly commended' by the British Medical Association 2010 Medical Books Awards. The awards competition has recognised excellence in medical publishing since 1996. … Read More
Latest issue of RLI focuses on critical public policy issues of importance to the research library community - December 23, 2010
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced that issue 273 of Research Library Issues (RLI) focuses on several critical public policy issues of importance to the research library community. This issue of RLI features articles on net neutrality, fair use, and open access to… Read More
Cambridge University Press and WADEM announce publishing partnership - December 23, 2010
Cambridge University Press (CUP), the publishing division of the University of Cambridge, has announced a publishing partnership with the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM). Under the deal, CUP will publish Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, the official publication of WADEM,… Read More
BMJ Group set to launch new supportive and palliative care journal - December 22, 2010
Global publisher BMJ Group, UK, is set to launch a new supportive and palliative care journal - BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. Slated for launch in April 2011, the journal aims to promote a global exchange of research-based evidence and innovative practice across many disciplines and… Read More
New JISC guidance document to help researchers better manage Freedom of Information issues - December 22, 2010
The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), UK, has launched a step-by-step guidance document for researchers to manage requests for research data under Freedom of Information (FoI) and Environmental Information Regulation legislation. While researchers routinely share data with each other as part of their normal business,… Read More
Latest edition of Delmar’s Standard Textbook of Electricity now available from Cengage Learning - December 22, 2010
Learning solutions provider Delmar, part of Cengage Learning, US, has announced the publication of the fifth edition of Delmar's Standard Textbook of Electricity. This new edition includes all of the resourceful content from the prior editions, in addition to 2011 National Electrical Code updates, an online… Read More
Science.gov introduces Image Search link - December 21, 2010
Science.gov, a gateway to government science information provided by US Government science agencies, has introduced an Image Search link under Special Collections to enable users to quickly find science images, including animal and plant, weather and space, and earth and sun images and more. The information… Read More
WIPO unveils online tool to assist in filing for trademark under Madrid system - December 21, 2010
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has launched an online tool called the Madrid System Goods & Services Manager (G&S Manager). The tool is projected to help trademark applicants in compiling the list of goods and services that must be submitted when filing an international application… Read More
China forms new state-owned publishing group - December 20, 2010
Three state-owned textbook publishers and two other companies have merged to form a new Chinese publishing group. The move is the latest to reform the country's state-owned publication business. The new company, China Education Publishing & Media Group Ltd, was formed from the People's Education Press, the Higher Education… Read More
