Survey on the impact of digitisation on book publishing - September 30, 2009
The Frankfurt Book Fair and German trade magazine Buchreport in cooperation with Publishers Weekly, a publication serving all segments of the US book industry, have released the results of a survey on the impact of digitisation on book publishing. The survey received responses from 840 publishers… Read More
BioMed Central partners with AuthorMapper to add publishing metadata - September 30, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has teamed up with AuthorMapper.com and SpringerExemplar.com to add data for its more than 60,000 published articles to both platforms. Launched in February of 2009, AuthorMapper is a free analytical online tool for discerning trends, patterns and subject experts within… Read More
Thomson Reuters predicts Nobel Laureates for 2009 - September 30, 2009
Information services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced the 2009 Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates researchers likely to be in contention for Nobel honours. Thomson Reuters claims to be the only organisation to use quantitative data to make annual predictions of Nobel Prize winners. Each year, data… Read More
ARL brings out special report on liaison librarian roles - September 30, 2009
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released a report on liaison librarian roles as a special issue of Research Library Issues (RLI). Guest edited by ARL’s Karla Hahn, this special issue of RLI focuses on the evolution of new roles and institutional strategies for liaison… Read More
Dr Stephen W. Borron named medical editor-in-chief of ToxED - September 30, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that Dr Stephen W. Borron has been named Medical Editor-in-Chief of ToxED, an online clinical toxicology reference that provides clinicians with quick access to concise and comprehensive drug, poison and chemical information at the point-of-care. Dr. Borron is an Attending… Read More
Platts announces 2009 finalists for the 11th annual Platts Global Energy Awards - September 30, 2009
Energy information provider Platts, part of the McGraw-Hill Companies, US, has announced the 2009 finalists for its annual Platts Global Energy Awards. Established in 1999, the Platts Global Energy Awards has become one of the most recognised awards programme in the industry. The award recognises innovation,… Read More
