Springer and International Biometric Society to co-publish JABES - December 21, 2009
STM Publisher Springer, Germany, has announced that it has been chosen by the International Biometric Society to co-publish the latter’s Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics (JABES). The journal will start publication at Springer with Volume 15, Issue 1, in March 2010. Carl Schwarz of… Read More
Journal supplement offers reference and tools to aid health policymaking - December 21, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that a comprehensive review of evidence-informed health policymaking was recently launched in its journal Health Research Policy and Systems. The free supplement is titled ‘SUPPORT tools for evidence-informed health policymaking’. It contains 17 support tools from various experts… Read More
World Scientific to publish Stevens Institute of Technology journal and book series - December 21, 2009
Scientific publisher World Scientific Publishing Company (WSPC), Singapore, has announced that it has been selected by the Stevens Institute of Technology as publisher for the journal Systems Research Forum and the Systems Research Book Series. The publisher also announced that premier research institution Tata Institute of… Read More
Library Associations raise Google Book Search pricing concerns to DOJ - December 21, 2009
The American Library Association (ALA), the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) recently sent a letter to the US Department of Justice (DOJ) asking for ongoing judicial oversight of the… Read More
APA seek nominations for 2010 APA Excellence in Librarianship Award - December 21, 2009
The American Psychological Association has announced that it is accepting nominations for the 2010 APA Excellence in Librarianship Award. The award will be presented at the Educational & Behavioral Sciences Section (EBSS) Research Forum at the June 2010 American Library Association Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.… Read More
Latest edition of blogspeak now online - December 21, 2009
The latest edition of blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (Academia and STM Publishing Have Gone Electronic); Richard Poynder (Open Access in 2009: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly); RePEc Blog (Why Journals?); and Philip Davis (Do Medical Editors Discriminate Against Poor Authors?) . A service of… Read More
