Association of Research Libraries publishes Public Engagement, SPEC Kit 312 - September 1, 2009
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published Public Engagement, SPEC Kit 312, which explores the ways in which traditional ‘outreach’ programmes in academic libraries are evolving to address the emergent concept of ‘public engagement’ at the institutional level. It also looks at the degree to… Read More
BioOne adds five new titles to 2010 collections - September 1, 2009
BioOne, US, a web-based aggregator of research in biological, ecological and environmental sciences, has announced five new titles and their respective not-for-profit publishers to the 2010 BioOne Collections. These new titles are seen to further enhance the company’s resource offerings for organismal, ecological and conservation biology… Read More
Inderscience Publishers announce four new titles - September 1, 2009
STM and business publisher Inderscience, Switzerland, recently published the first issues of four new titles. The journals are: International Journal of Collaborative Engineering; International Journal of Decision Sciences, Risk and Management; International Journal of Global Warming; and International Journal of Knowledge and Web Intelligence. International Journal… Read More
SLA forms new professional interest division for taxonomy professionals - August 31, 2009
The Special Libraries Association (SLA), a non-profit organisation, has announced the formation of a new professional interest division that will focus on issues related to planning, creating, maintaining and using taxonomies, thesauri, ontologies, authority files, and other controlled vocabularies and information structures. The Taxonomy Division of… Read More
Future Science Group unveils Biotechnology Collection - August 31, 2009
Publisher Future Science Group, UK, has announced the availability of the Biotechhnology Collection that seeks to provide a forum for commentary and analysis of the rapidly expanding wealth of information in the biotechnology industry. Titles in the collection include Biomarkers in Medicine, Immunotherapy, Nanomedicine, Personalised Medicine,… Read More
Symyx releases latest version of Isentris decision support system for researchers - August 28, 2009
Symyx Technologies, Inc., a US-based provider of technologies for R&D, has announced a new release of the Symyx Isentris decision support system. Isentris 3.2 enables scientists to explore, compare and report on information spanning multiple experiments captured in electronic lab notebooks, the Symyx Lab Execution and… Read More
BioMed Central expands Independent Journals Portfolio with Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome - August 28, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome has launched with the publisher as the eighth addition to the Independent Journals Portfolio this year. The journal is the official journal of the Brazilian Diabetes Society (SBD). Through reporting on basic research… Read More
Penton Media launches new title designed to support evolving energy market - August 28, 2009
B2B media company Penton Media, US, has announced the launch of Energy Efficiency & Technology and eetweb.com, a new media resource designed to serve engineers seeking to boost energy efficiency in products and processes to bring clean, reliable and affordable energy technologies… Read More
SAGE set to publish Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation - August 28, 2009
Academic publisher SAGE and the Association for Assessment in Counseling and Education, a division of the American Counseling Association, have announced the 2010 launch of a new journal, Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation (C.O.R.E). SAGE will publish the journal bi-annually beginning in 2010. This new journal… Read More
AMA launches e-book portal using iPublishCentral from Impelsys - August 27, 2009
Electronic content delivery solutions provider Impelsys, US, has announced that the American Medical Association (AMA) has launched an e-book portal using iPublishCentral, its self-service e-publishing platform. iPublishCentral enables publishers to market, distribute and monetise traditional print content through electronic channels. For instance, the e-book version of Guides… Read More
