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23 April 2012. (Reuters) - News and information company Thomson Reuters Corp (TRI.TO) (TRI.N) said on Monday it will sell its healthcare business to private equity firm Veritas Capital for $1.25 billion in cash. Thomson Reuters' Healthcare business provides data, … Continue reading →

16 April 2012. On April 1 2012,  Google announced a new feature to its Scholar service ...  called Google Scholar Metrics. The service follows the same principle that has made Google's web search engine so successful - when you are … Continue reading →

3 April 2012. ORCID has appointed Laurel L. Haak PhD, as its Executive Director, it was announced today. Haak joins the not-for-profit organization effective April 9 and will be based in Bethesda, Maryland. She joins the ORCID initiative at a … Continue reading →

12 April 2012. Once again, ScienceWatch takes its annual look back at the hottest of recent research. Listed are the researchers who, according to citations tracked during 2011, recorded the highest numbers of Hot Papers published over the preceding two … Continue reading →

3 April 2012. Scholar and Harvard University librarian Robert Darnton vowed that the Digital Public Library of America, a nonprofit, nationwide effort to digitize and offer access to millions of free, digitized books and special collections would launch by April … Continue reading →

29 March 2012. Two surveys conducted by Inside Higher Ed found that college and university chief academic officers/provosts and presidents alike consider library technology to be their most effective technological investment. The 2011-12 Inside Higher Ed Survey of College and … Continue reading →

29 March 2012. The UK is deep in recession the Guardian reports today, and will be among the slowest of the world's largest economies to recover in the first half of this year, according to a study by the Paris-based … Continue reading →

19 March 2012. ALPSP announces Chief Executive We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Audrey McCulloch as our new Chief Executive. Audrey steps up to the position of Chief Executive after a year and a half as Executive … Continue reading →

15 March 2012. The Draft Release 1 of the Code of Practice for Usage Factors is now avilable for comment and may be accessed on the Usage Factor page of the COUNTER website at http://www.projectcounter.org/usage_factor.html The Draft Release 1 of … Continue reading →

15 March 2012. Sir Mark Walport, director of the Wellcome Trust, said of the recommendations in the report: "This is a complete no-brainer. This is scholarly research funded from the public purse, largely from taxpayer and philanthropic organisations. The taxpayer … Continue reading →