Brill announces 2010 journal prices - July 6, 2009
Academic publisher Brill, Netherlands, has ceased price increases for certain subscription types in 2010. According to the company, the EURO electronic-only price and the US$ electronic and print price will not increase and US$ electronic-only price will decrease by 7 percent. Brill has re-introduced the print-only… Read More
University of Manchester and EMBL-EBI launch new e-science resource for biologists - July 6, 2009
The University of Manchester and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) have launched a new e-science resource for biologists - Biocatalogue.org. A centralised registry of curated life science web services, Biocatalogue.org was officially launched at the 17th Annual International… Read More
Mike Rossner honored as latest SPARC innovator - July 6, 2009
Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), UK, a leading organisation of European research libraries, has named Mike Rossner, executive director of the Rockefeller University Press (RUP) in New York, as the latest SPARC innovator. Rossner was chosen for creating forward-thinking publishing policies to expand access… Read More
The latest edition of blogspeak is now online - July 6, 2009
The latest edition of blogspeak is now online. Featured are Michael Nielsen (Is scientific publishing about to be disrupted?); Kent Anderson (The Impact Factor: A Tool from a Bygone Era?); Stevan Harnad (Beyond Romary & Armbruster On Institutional Repositories); and David Crotty (Successful Web 2.0 Business Models). A service of… Read More
Miodrag Stojković named new Editor of Stem Cells journal - July 3, 2009
Stem cells and regenerative medicine journal Stem Cells, co-published by AlphaMed Press and Wiley-Blackwell, has announced the promotion of Professor Miodrag Stojković to Editor. Professor Stojković is Deputy Director of the Prince Felipe Research Centre and head of its Cellular Reprogramming Laboratory in Valencia, Spain. Professor… Read More
LWW’s online tool for healthcare professionals available via HealthStream platform - July 3, 2009
Research and learning solutions provider HealthStream, Inc., US, has announced a partnership with Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health. Under the deal, HealthStream will offer Lippincott's Nursing Procedures and Skills, an online point-of-care support tool, to the nearly… Read More
