The Consortium Directory now available online - October 1, 2010
Marketing services provider Frontline GMS Ltd, UK, has announced that the Consortium Directory, originally published by Frontline GMS, will become available as an online database in partnership with journal supply chain support provider Ringgold Inc. The new Directory, renamed the Consortium Directory Online (CDO), is claimed… Read More
LWW releases two interactive testing programmes for nursing students - October 1, 2010
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has launched two interactive testing programmes powered by Prep-U for nursing students. The programmes are claimed to revolutionise how students learn and prepare for the National Council Licensure Exam for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN).… Read More
Gale launches new online resource to meet needs of Internet-savvy researchers - October 1, 2010
Educational publisher Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, has announced Biography in Context, a new online resource developed to meet the needs of today's Internet-savvy researchers. This next-generation offering evolved from, and will replace, the Biography Resource Center database. Biography in Context joins Gale's portfolio of… Read More
Emerald provides free online access to published interviews - September 30, 2010
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has announced that all interviews published in three of its management titles - Development and Learning in Organizations, Human Resource Management International Digest and Strategic Direction - are now free to access for one month following… Read More
Nielsen Book launches BookScan India - September 30, 2010
Nielsen Book, part of global information and media group Nielsen Company, US, has announced the launch of BookScan India. The BookScan Indian panel collects sales from October 3 with the first week's charts released on October 15. The panel is expected to cover over 50 percent… Read More
ebrary announces free Breast Cancer Searchable Information Center - September 30, 2010
Digital content products and technologies provider ebrary, US, has announced that it has collaborated with librarians from other organisations to create an open access database of breast cancer publications in honor of the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The site is available at Read More
BioMed Central launches new membership package – Shared Support Membership - September 29, 2010
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the launch of Shared Support Membership, a new and innovative Membership package for institutions that want to provide financial support for their researchers open access publications, but at the same time manage their expenditure. Whilst many institutes encourage… Read More
Journal on the science of gold to be published as a SpringerOpen journal - September 28, 2010
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced that it will publish Gold Bulletin as a SpringerOpen e-only journal through the sponsorship of the World Gold Council (WGC), starting in 2011. Under this publishing model, the entire contents of the Gold Bulletin will continue to be fully and… Read More
Versita launches OA platform for scholarly journals - September 28, 2010
E-publishing technology solutions provider Versita, Poland, has announced the launch of Versita Open, which allows publishers of scholarly journals to choose an open access model and services that best serve their needs. Versita Open has already attracted over 200 journals across numerous disciplines and expects to… Read More
Semantico releases new control panel for SIPP - September 28, 2010
Online publishing services provider Semantico Ltd., UK, has released a new control panel for the Semantico Information Publishing Platform (SIPP). The updated control panel features improved navigation and updated graphic design. The control panel enables existing live sites to be updated with new material. It is… Read More
