IOM3 journals celebrate 25 years of publication - February 3, 2009
Academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, recently celebrated 25 years of publication of two leading journals - Materials Science and Technology and Surface Engineering. The journals are published by Maney on behalf of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3). Materials Science and Technology publishes refereed… Read More
The McGraw-Hill Companies name Ted Smyth as Executive VP, Corporate Affairs - February 3, 2009
Information services provider McGraw-Hill Companies, US, has announced the appointment of D. Edward (Ted) Smyth as executive vice president, Corporate Affairs and executive assistant to the chairman, president and chief executive officer of The McGraw-Hill Companies, effective February 16, 2009. He succeeds David Stafford who will… Read More
Dear Subscribers - February 3, 2009
STM Publishers can now add their Company to the Knowledgespeak Directory list. You can also update our events calendar, if you are organising an event which may be of interest to the STM publishing community. Also, you can send your company
STM Publishing market grew 3.8 percent in 2008, says report - February 2, 2009
Media industry forecast and analysis firm Simba Information has released a new strategic market report, according to which, the overall growth in scientific, technical and medical (STM) publishing fell a point and half to 3.8 percent in 2008 to approach $16 billion. The report provides an… Read More
Ingram Digital and ALPSP launch exclusive e-Book Collection - February 2, 2009
Digital content services provider Ingram Content companies, US, has announced the launch of a new eBooks cooperative service enabling members of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) to offer multi-publisher collections to libraries. The ALPSP eBook Collection (AeBC) consists… Read More
Bowker and ProQuest to distribute LibraryThing’s LTFL to libraries worldwide - February 2, 2009
Cambridge Information Group (CIG), a privately held investment firm and parent company to Bowker and ProQuest, recently made an equity investment in LibraryThing, an emerging provider of online book cataloging services and solutions. Under the deal, CIG has purchased a minority stake in LibraryThing and has… Read More
