 New Chemical Resistance Database available via Knovel |
| STM publisher Elsevier has introduced its Chemical Resistance Database: Plastics and Elastomers. Available via Knovel, the database is the industry’s largest compilation of normalized data detailing the degradation of plastics and elastomers exposed to a variety of environments and elements. Characterizing the effect of thousands of reagents, the environment and other exposure media, the new database enables organisations to make well-informed decisions quickly-selecting the best plastics and elastomers for a wide range of new product and process design and manufacturing settings across specialty chemical, engineering, design and construction and other industries. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
| Kkottongnae University in Korea implements EBSCO Discovery Service |
| EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that Kkottongnae University in Korea has chosen EBSCO Discovery ServiceTM (EDS) to help integrate resources in the library and simplify the research process for students. Kkottongnae University’s mission is to be a new model for social welfare education and it was important for the university to find a discovery solution that would support its mission and help the students specific research needs. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
 Digital Science appoints Daniel Hook as new Managing Director |
| Global technology company Digital Science has announced the appointment of Daniel Hook, currently Director of Research Metrics at Digital Science, as its new Managing Director. Hook assumes this role from Timo Hannay, who has served as MD since the company’s inception in 2009. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
| BMJ set to publish new international orthopaedic sports medicine journal |
| Global healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has added The Journal of ISAKOS: Joint Disorders & Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (JISAKOS) to its extensive portfolio of specialty journals. The new title, slated for launch in spring 2016, will serve as an official journal of the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS). MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
| JHUP awarded grant to develop ‘MUSE Open’ |
| Johns Hopkins University Press has been awarded a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the development of MUSE Open, a distribution channel for open access monographs through Project MUSE, a leading provider of digital humanities and social science content for the scholarly community. MUSE Open will leverage a powerful and trusted distribution channel for long-form humanities scholarship in an enriched digital format. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
| Library Journal and Gale name Ferguson Municipal Public Library 2015 Library of the Year |
| Ferguson Municipal Public Library of Ferguson has been named the 2015 Library of the Year by Library Journal magazine and Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. The small suburban library rose above the chaos and stepped up to provide sanctuary and resources for all in a community in crisis, and remained steadfast to that call over months of duress. The 2015 Library of the Year Award will be presented along with prize money at a reception at the American Library Association Annual Conference on June 28, 2015. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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