PSP Consultancy to publish Scholarly Communications Report - December 11, 2009
Publishing services provider PSP Consultancy, UK, has announced that it will publish Scholarly Communications Report (SCR), the monthly digest of all that is new and influential in scholarly publishing. The move follows an announcement, earlier this year, to close SCR. SCR will now be published under… Read More
Majority of SLA members vote against name change - December 11, 2009
The Special Libraries Association (SLA) has announced the results of its association-wide vote on a new name for the organisation. Voting in record numbers, SLA members failed to approve a proposal to change the organisation's name to the Association for Strategic Knowledge Professionals. Fifty percent of… Read More
Dear Subscriber - December 11, 2009
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Elsevier launches new textbook initiative with Cell Press - December 10, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of a new textbook initiative for the life sciences - called ‘Academic Cell’ - at the annual meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology. The first title, Molecular Biology by David P. Clark, has now been published.… Read More
Chinese Academy of Sciences announces membership agreement with BioMed Central - December 10, 2009
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has announced a membership agreement with open access publisher BioMed Central to cover publication costs for research articles published by researchers at its institutions. CAS has long been a supporter of open access, having signed the Berlin Declaration in 2004.… Read More
Symyx and Royal Society of Chemistry announce collaborative partnership - December 10, 2009
Symyx Technologies, Inc., a US-based provider of information management systems, and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) have announced the launch of a collaborative partnership designed to enhance the usability and accessibility of public scientific databases. The first joint project links related… Read More
