Nielsen upgrades online books retailing service with additional features - December 24, 2008
Nielsen Book, part of global information and media company Nielsen Company, US, recently announced upgrades to its flagship service, BookData Online. The developments are a result of research and feedback from booksellers, libraries and publishers stretching back several years. Subscribers to the service can now search… Read More
IOP journal to adopt article numbering system - December 24, 2008
Journal of Neural Engineering, published by IOP publishing, UK, has announced a change from the existing page numbering to an article numbering system, which will begin with the 2009 volume. Article numbering offers important advantages and flexibility as it speeds up the publication process. Papers are… Read More
BioMed Central set to launch new journal – Silence, calls for submissions - December 24, 2008
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the forthcoming launch of a new journal - Silence. The journal is currently accepting submissions. David Baulcombe of the University of Cambridge and Phillip D Zamore of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Massachusetts, serve as Editors-in-Chief of… Read More
Dear Subscribers - December 24, 2008
The number of articles carried in the newsletter will be fewer than usual, as business activity during this period (Dec 24 - 31, 2008) is relatively low. Also, please note that there will be no newsletter dispatch on Dec 26 and Jan 2. We take this opportunity to wish all… Read More
Skillset funded project to update UK’s National Occupational Standards for journals - December 23, 2008
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishing (ALPSP), the international trade association for scholarly and professional publishers, is working with the Publishing Training Centre on a scoping project being funded by Skillset. The project will consider whether the Publishing National Occupational Standards (NOS) for the… Read More
Resources and presentations from recent SPARC repositories meeting now online - December 23, 2008
Thought leaders and practitioners from higher education and beyond called on participants at the SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting in Baltimore on November 17-18 to continue their digital repository development efforts and offered strategies for building on experience gained to date. In the opening keynote, John Wilbanks,… Read More
