Presentations from American Chemical Society’s 238th National Meeting now online - September 22, 2009
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has made recordings of more than 150 presentations from its 238th National Meeting, available online without charge. With this move the Society seeks to expand access to scientific sessions at its national meetings. The sessions include about 150 cutting-edge research papers… Read More
EBSCO partners with key consortia to make renewal of e-journal packages simpler - September 22, 2009
EBSCO and a number of library consortia are working together to help consortia members reduce the cost and burden of processing e-journal package renewals by using EBSCO’s RapidRenewal service, available via EBSCONET. EBSCO's RapidRenewal, an online tool for managing the renewal of licensed e-journal collections, is… Read More
Berkeley Electronic Press joins Serials Solutions KnowledgeWorks Certification programme - September 22, 2009
E-Resource Access and Management Services (ERAMS) provider Serials Solutions, US, has announced that academic publisher Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress) has joined its KnowledgeWorks Certified Program. As a KnowledgeWorks Certified content provider, bepress will supply data for 51 journals to more than 360 libraries, guaranteeing mutual subscribers… Read More
NextBio raises $8 million in Series C funding led by Newbury Ventures - September 22, 2009
NextBio, a US-based provider of life sciences software, has announced that it has closed an $8 million Series C round of financing led by existing investor Newbury Ventures. Various other private investors participated in the round. Nextbio offers a platform that enables life science researchers to… Read More
Dear Subscriber - September 22, 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
Researchers’ perceptions of research assessment affect publishing channel: report - September 21, 2009
The Research Information Network (RIN) and the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) have published the findings of a new report titled ‘Communicating knowledge: how and why UK researchers publish and disseminate their findings’. The report shows how researchers are concerned by what they perceive as mixed… Read More
