Guide to Google Book Search amended agreement released - June 19, 2009
The American Library Association (ALA), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) have announced the release of 'A Guide for the Perplexed Part II: The Amended Google-Michigan Agreement.' The guide… Read More
Nature honored as ‘journal of the century’ - June 19, 2009
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group, UK, has announced that its leading weekly scientific journal, Nature, has been named 'journal of the century' by the BioMedical & Life Sciences Division (DBIO) of the Special Libraries Association (SLA). The award was presented at the annual DBIO Business Luncheon… Read More
Dartmouth College Library launches open beta for the Summon Service - June 19, 2009
Dartmouth College Library has launched an open beta of the Summon web-scale discovery service, a Google-like search of the full breadth of content found in library collections. In addition to librarians, the Summon service is now being used by students and faculty at Dartmouth College, enabling them to search the… Read More
Ingram Content Group announces new organisation structure - June 19, 2009
David "Skip" Prichard, President and CEO of the recently formed Ingram Content Group Inc., has announced a new organisational structure designed to make it easier to do business with the new company. Ingram Content Group was recently created to fully integrate Ingram's content companies, which include Ingram Book Group, Lightning… Read More
Dear Subscribers - June 19, 2009
STM Publishers can now add their Company to the Knowledgespeak Directory list. You can also update our events calendar, if you are organising an event which may be of interest to the STM publishing community. Also, you can send your company
IEEE ties up with AIP and AVS to offer access to select physics journals via digital library - June 18, 2009
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has teamed up with two physics organisations - the American Institute of Physics (AIP) and AVS - to offer a new subscription package. The package is available through the IEEE Xplore digital library (www.ieee.org/ieeexplore).… Read More
