Dear Subscribers - November 27, 2007
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RSC Publishing set to launch new journal – Energy & Environmental Science - November 26, 2007
Scientific publisher RSC Publishing, UK, the publishing arm of the Royal Society of Chemistry, has announced the launch of a new publication, Energy & Environmental Science. Slated for launch in Summer 2008, the new journal will link all aspects of the chemical sciences by publishing research… Read More
Thieme releases new edition of Almanac 2008: Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine - November 26, 2007
Thieme Publishers, part of STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, recently announced the availability of 'Thieme Almanac 2008: Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine.' The book, the second in the annual series, fully updates the first edition, which debuted earlier this year. The 'Thieme Almanac 2008' provides detailed… Read More
OpenDOAR now includes 1000 repositories - November 26, 2007
The Securing a Hybrid Environment for Research Preservation and Access (SHERPA) project, part of the JISC Focus on Access to Institutional Resources Programme, has announced that its OpenDOAR directory, now boasts 1000 repository entries from across the globe. The OpenDOAR directory contains an authoritative list of… Read More
OpenAccess.se launches project to bring Nordic journals to OA mode - November 26, 2007
OpenAccess.se, a development programme to support open access (OA) in Sweden organised by the National Library's Department for National Co-operation, has announced a project to launch new OA journals and convert existing TA journals to OA. The project supports the transition of scientific or learned Nordic journals to OA mode,… Read More
BioMed Central launches new Discovery Notes section in Biology Direct - November 26, 2007
Open access (OA) publisher BioMed Central, US, has announced a new section 'Discovery Notes' within its OA journal, Biology Direct. The section will be overseen by Section Editor L Aravind and Editors-in-Chief David J Lipman, Laura Landweber, and Eugene Koonin. Discovery Notes will be brief reports… Read More
