E-books usage has no impact on print sales, says UK report - April 28, 2009
The UK's JISC has announced that, according to a panel at the London Book Fair, a key myth has been shattered by early results from JISC Collections' recently concluded e-books observatory project. During the two-year project, JISC provided free access to 36 core e-textbooks in science,… Read More
Reed Construction Data and CADworks partner to deliver BIM content to AEC industry - April 28, 2009
Construction information solutions provider Reed Construction Data (RCD), US, and CADworks have announced an agreement to partner to extend the delivery of high-quality content to building product manufacturers (BPM's) and help accelerate the adoption of building information modeling (BIM). The partnership will… Read More
SCOAP3 support in the US continues to grow - April 28, 2009
Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) has announced that five universities and a consortium have signed an expression of interest to re-direct their current subscriptions to high energy physics (HEP) journals to SCOAP3. SCOAP3 is an international consortium that aims to provide… Read More
‘Scientific American’ editor and president to quit as part of staff revamp - April 28, 2009
Science and technology journal Scientific American has laid off 5 percent of its staff, according to media reports. The journal's longtime editor John Rennie and President Steven Yee will exit their posts. Executive editor Mariette DiChristina will serve as acting editor-in-chief. Until recently, Scientific American was a separate unit within… Read More
ACP names new editor for Annals of Internal Medicine - April 28, 2009
The American College of Physicians (ACP) has announced the appointment of Dr. Christine Laine as editor of its flagship journal, Annals of Internal Medicine. She succeeds Dr. Harold C. Sox, who will retire in July. A former vice president and senior deputy editor of Annals, Laine… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - April 28, 2009
The sixth edition of blogspeak is now online. Featured are Charles Bailey (Blended Research and Learning Object Repository: JISC Final Report-CIRCLE); Richard Poynder (Intellectual Property, Open Access, and the Developing World); Charlotte Abbott (Publisher Outreach to Bloggers: New Models); Joe Wikert (Amazon vs. Google); and Peter Jacso (ticTocs Table of… Read More
