Dear Subscriber - September 2, 2009
STM Publishers and other print/publishing Services and Support Tools providers can now use the all new K-Store platform to post information across three sections – a Jobs section, a virtual storefronts directory and a print/publishing Read More
Open Book Alliance formed to counter Google Book Settlement - September 1, 2009
Librarians, legal scholars, authors, publishers and technology companies have announced the formation of a coalition – the Open Book Alliance – that will counter the proposed Google Book Settlement in its current form. The proposed settlement is between Google, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and… Read More
Association of Research Libraries publishes Public Engagement, SPEC Kit 312 - September 1, 2009
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published Public Engagement, SPEC Kit 312, which explores the ways in which traditional ‘outreach’ programmes in academic libraries are evolving to address the emergent concept of ‘public engagement’ at the institutional level. It also looks at the degree to… Read More
BioOne adds five new titles to 2010 collections - September 1, 2009
BioOne, US, a web-based aggregator of research in biological, ecological and environmental sciences, has announced five new titles and their respective not-for-profit publishers to the 2010 BioOne Collections. These new titles are seen to further enhance the company’s resource offerings for organismal, ecological and conservation biology… Read More
McGraw-Hill Construction to host national conference on business benefits of Building Information Modeling - September 1, 2009
Construction information provider McGraw-Hill Construction, part of The McGraw-Hill Companies, US, will host a national conference on the ‘Business of BIM’ at the Mission Bay Conference Center at the University of California, San Francisco. The rapid emergence of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Integrated Project Delivery… Read More
Inderscience Publishers announce four new titles - September 1, 2009
STM and business publisher Inderscience, Switzerland, recently published the first issues of four new titles. The journals are: International Journal of Collaborative Engineering; International Journal of Decision Sciences, Risk and Management; International Journal of Global Warming; and International Journal of Knowledge and Web Intelligence. International Journal… Read More
