Peter C. Davis named new President of McGraw-Hill Education - August 20, 2008
Information services provider McGraw-Hill Companies, US, has announced the appointment of Peter C. Davis, as president of McGraw-Hill Education, effective September 2, 2008. He succeeds Henry Hirschberg, who will retire on October 31 after 36 years in the industry. Davis will report to Harold McGraw III,… Read More
Corrigendum - August 20, 2008
This is with reference to the news alert titled 'Blackwell may look at selling publishing arm' covered in the News Section of Knowledgespeak (dated Aug 18, 2008). Readers may please note that the news article has been removed due to a dateline error. Knowlegespeak's editorial section deeply regrets the error… Read More
Physicians will conduct majority of their pharmaceutical research and information access online, says study - August 19, 2008
Pharmaceutical and healthcare market research company Manhattan Research has released an ePharma Physician study. According to the study, physicians report that they will shift a significant amount of time currently devoted to offline professional sources to their online counterparts in the coming years. The study focuses… Read More
London Book Fair chooses India as market focus for Spring 2009 fair - August 19, 2008
The London Book Fair, claimed to be one of the world's largest trade events for publishers and the book sellers, has selected India as its market focus for Spring 2009, for the first time. A key target segment of this fair will be service providers for… Read More
ARL releases new analysis on publisher-author agreements and the NIH public access policy - August 19, 2008
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released 'PubMed Central Deposit and Author Rights: Agreements between 12 Publishers and the Authors Subject to the NIH Public Access Policy,' by Ben Grillot, legal intern for ARL. The report is currently available for free download from the ARL… Read More
ACS launches social networking site for chemical professionals - August 19, 2008
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has launched a free social networking site for ACS members and student affiliates at www.acs.org/membernetwork. The ACS Member Network seeks to facilitate scientific collaboration among chemical science professionals around the world. More than 11,000 ACS members have… Read More
