 Frankfurt Book Fair 2014 begins |
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This year the Frankfurt Book Fair began with a very thought provoking conference organised by the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM) on October 7. Cathy Wolfe President & CEO, Medical Research, Wolters Kluwer, keynote speech began with an active programme on discussing the ways clinicians, nurses and other health professionals access and consume content on their various devices. On the first day of the Frankfurt Book Fair, Rich Kobel from Scope e-Knowledge kicked off a very dynamic Hotspot session discussing the role of descriptive metadata & Controlled vocabularies in improving semantic linkages. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
 CAS and Obiter Research collaborate to provide SciFinder to scientists at Obiter Research |
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Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), the world’s authority for chemical information, has announced a collaboration with Obiter Research, a custom contract chemical research and manufacturing company. Under the deal, CAS will provide SciFinder, the choice for chemistry research, for the Obiter research staff, resuming their access to the most accurate, comprehensive and current source of chemical and related scientific information. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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Elsevier unveils Miller’s Anesthesia, 8th Edition |
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STM publisher Elsevier will unveil Miller’s Anesthesia, 8th Edition, a comprehensive two-volume medical reference book, at ANESTHESIOLOGY 2014, the American Society of Anesthesiology annual meeting in New Orleans, October 11-15. This go-to reference book provides an in-depth review of technical, scientific and clinical challenges ranging from fundamental principles to advanced subspecialty procedures. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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KLAS Clinical Decision Support report names ProVation Order Sets as overall best performer among order set solutions |
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Wolters Kluwer Health, a global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced that ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support, was ranked by KLAS Research as having the best overall performance among order set solutions in its report, ‘CDS Order Sets and Care Plans 2014: Choosing the Best Option.’ This marks the third time ProVation Order Sets has achieved top ranking in the annual report on the clinical decision support solutions market. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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MyHeritage partners with EBSCO Information Services to bring MyHeritage to libraries and educational institutions worldwide |
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MyHeritage, the popular family history network, has announced a significant expansion into the institutional education market, with the launch of a dedicated, high-performance family history service for institutions and the signing of a strategic partnership with EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) to distribute it exclusively. The new, state-of-the-art MyHeritage Library Edition empowers people to discover more about their family history and the lives led by their ancestors. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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Three Scholarly Publishers implement CCC’s RightsLink for OA platform and Aries Systems’ Editorial Manager |
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Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC) has announced that scholarly publishers De Gruyter, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Publishing, and Maney Publishing have chosen to automate the collection and management of author charges by leveraging the integration between RightsLink for Open Access and Aries Systems’ Editorial Manager. The integration of Aries Systems’ Editorial Manager and RightsLink for Open Access provides scholarly publishers with a seamless way to collect article processing charges (APCs) from within the Editorial Manager workflow. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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Mobile phone reading on the rise in the US and UK, says Publishing Technology study |
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An increasing number of people are now using their mobile phones to read ebooks, a survey by Publishing Technology has revealed. The survey of 3,000 consumers across the US and UK found that 43 percent have read an ebook, or part of an ebook, on their handsets, and that 66 per cent (59 per cent UK/ 72 per cent US) of mobile phone book readers currently read more on their phones than they did last year. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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Annual Reviews announces new journal – Annual Review of Virology |
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Annual Reviews, the non-profit publisher that synthesises critical research literature, has announced the launch of Annual Review of Virology. This journal will capture and describe the most important advances in our understanding of viruses of animals, plants, bacteria, archaea, fungi, and protozoa. The journal will be edited by Professor Lynn W. Enquist (Henry L. Hillman Professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton University). More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
