The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology brings out special issue on AIDS - August 4, 2008
The editors of The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology have announced the July issue, highlighting AIDS and AIDS research. Published by Elsevier, the journal is the official publication of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. The issue coincides with the XVII International AIDS Conference, taking place at… Read More
BioMed Central launches new journal – Journal of Foot and Ankle Research - August 4, 2008
Open access publisher BioMed Central, US, has launched a new open access journal - Journal of Foot and Ankle Research. The journal is the official journal of the Australasian Podiatry Council and the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists (UK). Journal of Foot and Ankle Research covers… Read More
Nature Publishing Group launches Manuscript Deposition Service - August 1, 2008
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has launched the first phase of its Manuscript Deposition Service. The free service is expected to help authors meet funder and institutional mandates for public access. The NPG Manuscript Deposition Service is now available to authors publishing original research… Read More
Thieme launches second edition of endoscopic sinus surgery title - August 1, 2008
Thieme Publishers, part of STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has released the second edition of the Endoscopic Surgery of the Paranasal Sinuses and Anterior Skull Base. This completely revised book, by Dr. Malte Erik Wigand, claims to be a comprehensive visual guide for medical professionals… Read More
Call for society publishers to participate in semantic web pilot project - July 31, 2008
Library management systems and services provider Talis Information Ltd., UK, and TBI Communications, UK, have announced a joint initiative that offers society publishers the opportunity to participate in a free pilot project designed to test the application of Web 2.0 and semantic… Read More
OCLC’s new Web Harvester captures web content to add to digital collections - July 31, 2008
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, has announced the release of Web Harvester, a new product that allows libraries to capture and add web content to their digital collections managed by OCLC's CONTENTdm Digital Collection Management Software. OCLC's Web Harvester addresses the… Read More
Association of Research Libraries updates and reconfigures FAIR website - July 31, 2008
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has updated and reconfigured the Freely Available Institute Resources (FAIR) website. The website is a platform for faculty and alumni of the ARL/ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication to share outreach and programme development tools with the broader community. FAIR is… Read More
Inderscience launches inaugural issues of 2 new journals - July 31, 2008
STM and business publisher Inderscience has published the first issues of 2 new titles. The titles are: International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics and International Journal of Systems, Control and Communications. International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics promotes an understanding of the structural and… Read More
NewsRx launches 38 new science titles - July 30, 2008
Publisher and international news organisation NewsRx, US, has launched 38 new science titles under its VerticalNews imprint. The new science titles will provide current news, scientific research, and developments on national defense, aerospace, agriculture, chemicals and chemistry, ecology, environment, conservation, energy, engineering, food science, farming, mining… Read More
Microsoft Research unveils free software for researchers to publish their work - July 30, 2008
Representatives of Microsoft Research, part of technology firm Microsoft Corp., US, outlined their vision for how Microsoft and academics can collaborate on research projects to develop technological breakthroughs at the company's ninth annual Research Faculty Summit. Speaking to more than 400 faculty members from leading research… Read More
