Research Information Network to develop web-based scholarly communications toolkit - May 19, 2009
The Research Information Network (RIN) is commissioning a toolkit to help stakeholders put the common principles set out in the 'Research and the Scholarly Communications Process: Towards strategic goals for public policy' into practice. In February 2007, RIN developed a set of seven principles for public… Read More
IUHPE and SOPHE release special issues on global health promotion and health education - May 19, 2009
The International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) and the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) have released special, complementary peer-reviewed journals containing ten articles on strengthening standards and quality assurance systems of global capacity in health promotion and health education. SOPHE's journal, Health Education… Read More
BioMed Central launches online reporting tool for OA prepay and postpay membership accounts - May 19, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the introduction of the 'Online Reporting System' for its open access Prepay and Postpay membership accounts. The move follows the recent rapid growth of institutional memberships for open access publications. Building on BioMed Central's publishing platform, the new… Read More
Emerald announces enhancements to Emerald Management First - May 18, 2009
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has announced the latest update of Emerald Management First, now customisable with content from the Emerald portfolio of scholarly journals. This development offers private and public organisations the flexibility to enhance their Emerald Management First subscription… Read More
CAS launches free web-based resource for non-chemists - May 15, 2009
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society, has launched a new, free, web-based resource called Common Chemistry. This resource is helpful to non-chemists and others who might know either a chemical name or a CAS Registry Number of a common everyday chemical… Read More
New interactive clinical calculators in DynaMed - May 15, 2009
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced that its clinical reference tool, DynaMed, now includes over 500 interactive clinical calculators, decision rules and statistics to provide clinicians with even more decision-making tools to use at the point-of-care. Most calculators include information to help clinicians… Read More
SAGE’s robotics journal launches new genre of research papers - May 14, 2009
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that the International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR) has launched a new genre of research papers at the ongoing 2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2009). IJRR data papers will facilitate and encourage the release of quality, peer reviewed… Read More
Hart Energy Publishing launches Developing Unconventional Gas Video Center - May 14, 2009
Energy publisher Hart Energy Publishing, US, has announced the launch of the Developing Unconventional Gas Video Center at www.dug2009.com/shop, where keynote and panel presentations can be purchased and viewed online from Hart's Developing Unconventional Gas (DUG) conference held in April in Fort… Read More
EBSCO Publishing releases new resource for Sustainability Initiative Management - May 13, 2009
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has released a new resource for corporate sustainability professionals. Sustainability Reference Center is a comprehensive full-text database covering all aspects of sustainability. Sustainability Reference Center is an expert collection providing full-text coverage of information relevant to many areas integral… Read More
Springer’s 150 years of publishing history now online - May 11, 2009
Specialist publishing group Springer Science+Business Media, Germany, is making the print version of Springer's 150 years of publishing history freely available on the internet. The two-volume work Springer-Verlag: History of a Scientific Publishing House was published in 1992 to mark the publishing company's 150th anniversary. The… Read More
