WebMD unveils online resource on healthcare reform - September 24, 2010
Health information services provider WebMD Health Corp., US, has announced the launch of a new online resource to help Americans better understand the healthcare reform provisions. WebMD's healthcare reform resource presents a series of exclusive video interviews with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius as… Read More
Nature unveils redesign, expands content in print and online - September 24, 2010
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group, UK, has announced that its international science publication Nature has been redesigned and enhanced in print and online to ensure that it remains a must-read for busy scientists. A digital edition is also now available. Beginning with the September 23 issue,… Read More
Inderscience Publishers announces inaugural issues of five new journals - September 24, 2010
STM and business publisher Inderscience, Switzerland, has recently published the first issues of five new titles. The journals are: Interdisciplinary Environmental Review, International Journal of Engineering, International Journal of Information Technology, Communications and Convergence, International Journal of Modelling in Operations Management and International Journal of Organisational… Read More
Special issue of ARL’ Research Library Issues focuses on assessing organisational performance - September 24, 2010
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published a special issue of Research Library Issues (RLI) on demonstrating library value by assessing organisational performance. The special issue focuses on ways in which ARL assessment tools help libraries improve their services and programmes and show their value… Read More
Elsevier launches new journal publishing case reports only - September 23, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and the Surgical Associates Ltd have announced the launch of a new author-pays online general surgical journal dedicated to publishing case reports only. The journal, International Journal of Surgery Case Reports (IJSCR) has been created to publish case reports previously submitted to… Read More
Carnegie Mellon to lead HP-sponsored consortium to develop new technologies for measuring learning - September 23, 2010
Educators at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) will lead a global consortium funded by the HP Catalyst Initiative to develop new technologies for measuring students' competency in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The six members of the consortium include institutions of higher learning in France, Hong… Read More
SAGE set to launch new journal, Cardiac Cath Lab Director - September 22, 2010
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the launch of a new journal, Cardiac Cath Lab Director (CCLD). Slated for launch in February 2011, the journal is the official journal of the Alliance of Cardiovascular Professionals (ACP). Dr. Cynthia Chernecky will serve as the editor of the journal.… Read More
Thieme releases latest version of online chemistry resource Science of Synthesis - September 21, 2010
STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has announced the release of Science of Synthesis 3.10, an online resource providing users with access to chemical information from experts in the field. With the latest upgrade, Science of Synthesis claims to cover all fields of organic chemistry from… Read More
New Annual Reviews journals to connect library users to wider collections - September 21, 2010
Nonprofit publisher Annual Reviews, US, has announced that it launched two new journals - Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics - during the summer of 2010. Published in July 2010, the Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering… Read More
Biology Direct launches new online submission system - September 15, 2010
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that its journal Biology Direct - which operates a novel scheme of open peer review - has launched a new online submission system to make submission to the journal considerably more straightforward. Manuscripts published in the journal appear… Read More
