JISC launches e-book on e-business models for further education - March 4, 2009
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has launched its first e-book, titled The e-Revolution and Post-Compulsory Education: Using e-business models to deliver quality education. The book seeks to offer senior managers in further and higher education best-practice guidance for applying e-business approaches to their institutions.… Read More
Drug Administration via Enteral Feeding Tubes now available on MedicinesComplete - March 4, 2009
RPS Publishing, the publishing arm of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, has announced that Drug Administration via Enteral Feeding Tubes is now available on the MedicinesComplete platform. The move further strengthens the platform's position in offering online access to world-leading drug and healthcare resources.… Read More
‘Behavioural Processes’ publishes special issue for Darwin’s 200th birth anniversary - March 4, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has published a special issue of Behavioural Processes, coinciding with the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin on February 12, 2009. Guest edited by Karen Hollis, the issue features 16 papers. These include original research articles as well as theoretical… Read More
Ex Libris releases version 20.0 of Aleph integrated library system - March 4, 2009
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced the release of version 20.0 of its Aleph integrated library system. More than 85 enhancements, the majority of which have been garnered from the Aleph user community, focus on further streamlining staff workflows to maximise efficiency and… Read More
TechTarget launches site to guide IT firms in compliance with Federal regulations - March 3, 2009
Information technology (IT) media company TechTarget, Inc., US, has announced the launch of a web portal, SearchCompliance.com. The site seeks to give strategic technology and business professionals the resources they need to better understand Federal regulations and bring their organisation into compliance.… Read More
Lenus makes Irish health research freely available - March 2, 2009
Healthcare services provider Health Service Executive (HSE), Ireland, has launched LENUS, a comprehensive online repository of health-related reports, research and official publications. Built on BioMed Central's 'Open Repository' system, LENUS makes available a wealth of material from former Irish health boards, the Health Service Executive, the… Read More
RSC Publishing to provide COUNTER 3 journal usage statistics - March 2, 2009
Scientific publisher RSC Publishing, UK, the publishing arm of the Royal Society of Chemistry, can now provide customers with COUNTER 3 compliant journal usage statistics, as the result of a new service delivered by MPS Technologies. RSC Publishing claims to be the first chemistry publisher to… Read More
DynaMed adds feature to link update reason directly to new content - March 2, 2009
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced the addition of a new feature to its clinical reference tool, DynaMed. The feature is aimed to help DynaMed users immediately go to content updates in topics. When significant new content is added to a DynaMed topic,… Read More
Springer to publish ‘Neurotoxicity Research’ - February 27, 2009
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced that it will, from henceforth, publish Neurotoxicity Research, the official journal of the Neurotoxicity Society. The publication is an international, interdisciplinary broad-based journal reporting on both basic and clinical research on classical neurotoxicity effects and mechanisms associated with neurodegeneration, necrosis,… Read More
McGraw-Hill Professional launches online resource for anesthesiology - February 27, 2009
McGraw-Hill Professional, a US-based provider of information resources for the scientific and medical communities, has launched AccessAnesthesiology (http://www.accessanesthesiology.com), an online resource dedicated solely to pain management, critical care and perioperative medicine. The learning website seeks to give anesthesiology residents a suite of… Read More
