(5 February 2016) The National Library of Medicine is pleased to announce the launch of MedPix®, a free online medical image database originally developed by the Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Informatics at the Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. The URL is https://medpix.nlm.nih.gov/. The foundation for MedPix was a radiology study tool that was…
(28 January 2016, Rochester, N.Y) VisualDx, the leading clinical decision support system to help doctors and nurses accurately diagnose and treat diseases at the point of care is once again ranked #1 by healthcare professionals. The Best in KLAS Report released today, rated VisualDx as 2015/2016 Best in KLAS Software and Services as the Category…
(4 February 2016) The Traveling Librarian blog reports that the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, part of the Harrington School of Communication and Media at the University of Rhode Island is pleased to announce its continuing Global Education for Librarians and Information Professionals Program. GSLIS will offer again Global Information Services (LSC 518)…
(6 February 2016) LIANZA’s The Future of Libraries has resulted in four workstreams – looking at workforce development from a whole of sector strategic perspective is one of these. A copy of Future of Libraries work is here. LIANZA is seeking individuals who are interested in the problem of workforce development within the profession. Closing…
(5 February 2016) The International Leaders Programme is a two-year Programme designed to increase the cohort of leaders who can effectively represent the wider library sector in the international arena, and to develop leaders within IFLA. The Programme provides opportunities that IFLA is in the unique position to offer through our global role and reputation…
(3 February 2016) In a report published today, a wide range of datasets across the research and innovation landscape have been identified and described, setting out a plan for exploiting these to their full potential to help maintain and develop the UK’s excellence in research and innovation. The UK Knowledge and Research Landscape: A report…
By Ruth A. Pagell* (5 February 2016) In early December 2015, MIT’s Technology Review provided a summary of a new paper on using data from Wikipedia to rank the world’s most INFLUENTIAL universities. A month later, ACCESS posted the abstract for another paper that introduced Wikiometrics, also using data from Wikipedia to rank universities. In…
(3 February 2016) The British Library is currently selecting professional development projects for doctoral researchers, hosted by specialist curatorial teams and other Library experts. All applications for the PhD placement scheme must be supported by the applicant’s PhD supervisor and their department’s Graduate Tutor (or equivalent). Each placement (3 month or PT equivalent) has a…
(1 February 2016) The Wellcome Trust blog reports that today The World Health Organisation (WHO) today declared the Zika virus outbreak in South and Central American a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). It is the first time since the Ebola outbreak that began in 2014 that the WHO has declared this status, and…
Personalized article recommendations reach 16 million engaged readers each month across rapidly growing network of scholarly publications (3 February 2016) HighWire Press, Inc., the leading technology platform and strategic partner to scholarly publishers and societies, and TrendMD, the world’s leading scholarly content discoverability recommendation engine, announce a technology partnership to increase research discoverability to millions…
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