American Chemical Society set to launch new journal - July 21, 2008
The American Chemical Society has announced the launch of a new journal - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Slated for launch in the first-quarter of 2009, the journal will be available both in print and online. Kirk S. Schanze, a chemistry professor at the University of… Read More
ICIS selects EBSCO-owned EMpact to grow sales for ICIS news and ICIS pricing - July 21, 2008
EMpact Sales (EMpact), the publisher representation group within the EBSCO Information Services division, US, has announced an agreement with pricing and market intelligence service provider ICIS, US. Under the deal, EMpact will promote ICIS news and ICIS pricing in Argentina, Central America,… Read More
ePublisher to include automated process to preview Eclipse Help - July 21, 2008
WebWorks.com, part of publishing platform solutions developer Quadralay Corporation, US, has announced the summer 2008 release of its ePublisher platform. New features of the release include the addition of Eclipse Help as an output format. Using the automated processes of ePublisher, companies developing products based on… Read More
Attention Subscribers – Benefit now from the Content atomisation initiative from Knowledgespeak - July 21, 2008
Knowledgespeak is planning to atomise its content. A preliminary but significant initiative has already been taken in this direction. For an internationally esteemed association, we have repackaged and categorised our news under various topics to suit the information needs of its members. We are exploring other possibilities of bringing a… Read More
British Library initiative to preserve low use journals gets HEFCE funding - July 18, 2008
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has announced £9.84 million of funding for the creation of the UK Research Reserve (UKRR) following a successful 18-month pilot. The UKRR is a collaborative initiative of higher education libraries led by Imperial College London and the British… Read More
ALPSP, Swets launch 2009 ALPSP Learned Journals Collection - July 18, 2008
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), US, and subscription services provider Swets, Netherlands, have announced the launch of the 2009 ALPSP Learned Journals Collection (ALJC). More than one hundred new titles have been added to the 2009 offering. With… Read More