OpenNebula Project unveils latest version of open source toolkit for cloud computing - October 26, 2010
The OpenNebula Project has announced the release of version 2.0 of its OpenNebula Toolkit, a fully open source cloud computing tool for managing a data centre's virtual infrastructure. The toolkit includes features for integration, management, scalability, security and accounting that enterprise IT shops may need for… Read More
New prototype from OCLC Research – WorldCat Publisher Pages - October 26, 2010
Library information provider OCLC Research, US, has announced that the new OCLC Research prototype presents a page each for more than 1800 publishers worldwide. WorldCat Publisher Pages prototype is an outgrowth of the OCLC Publisher Name Authority File, as well as the OCLC WorldMap and the… Read More
Digital edition of Wiley-Blackwell’s medicine administration guide powered by SIPP - October 26, 2010
Online publishing services provider Semantico Ltd., UK, has announced that the online edition of the UCL Hospitals Injectable Medicines Administration Guide, published by Wiley-Blackwell, is powered by the Semantico Information Publishing Platform (SIPP). SIPP can create micro-sites for specific publications, allowing the book to maintain its… Read More
PubMed Abstract display enhanced with images from NCBI Images database - October 25, 2010
PubMed, a service of the US National Library of Medicine, has announced that the PubMed Abstract display for PubMed Central articles will now be enhanced to include an image strip generated from the soon-to-be-released National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Images database.… Read More
Mary Ann Liebert set to launch new journal on caffeine research - October 22, 2010
Medical publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., US, has announced the Spring 2011 launch of a new peer-reviewed journal, Journal of Caffeine Research: The International Multidisciplinary Journal of Caffeine Science. Dr. Jack E. James, School of Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, will serve as the… Read More
Elsevier / MC Strategies and AORN launch Perioperative Nursing Skills Collection - October 21, 2010
E-learning solutions provider Elsevier/MC Strategies, US, has announced a partnership with the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) to develop the latest module for Mosby's Nursing Skills: Perioperative Collection. The collection claims to be the only perioperative-specific set of nursing skills approved by AORN to be… Read More
SPIE participates in Open Access Week with expanded suite of options - October 21, 2010
SPIE, an international society for optics and photonics, is participating in the Open Access Week 2010 (18-24 October) with an expanded suite of open access (OA) options to its scholarly publications on light-based science and technology. SPIE is reportedly continuing to develop new models enabling online… Read More
Serials Solutions announces enhancements to its 360 Services - October 20, 2010
Serials Solutions, a US-based provider of tools and services for libraries and a business unit of ProQuest LLC, has announced that it has made significant enhancements to its family of 360 Services for discovery. The enhancements are expected to enable librarians worldwide to activate a wide… Read More
JISC, Taylor & Francis unveil OA version of New Review of ‘Academic Librarianship’ - October 20, 2010
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has teamed up with publisher Taylor & Francis to produce the first open access (OA) issue of the New Review of Academic Librarianship, edited by Graham Walton from Loughborough University. The special issue on 'dissemination… Read More
Springer and International Organization for Migration partner to launch new book series - October 20, 2010
STM publisher Springer has launched a new book series - Global Migration Issues - in partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Three volumes will be published annually with the first volume scheduled for 2011. Written by academic experts and policy specialists in the field… Read More
