Dear Subscribers - March 31, 2009
We are happy to release the second edition of blogspeak. Featured are Peter Murray Rust(Would the NIH policy destroy the ACS?); the shifted librarian(Twittephemeraliness); Stevan Harnad (On Throwing Money At Gold OA Without First Mandating Green OA, Again); and the UK PubMed Central (enabling easier reporting on the outcomes of… Read More
PE firms put up academic publisher Springer for sale - March 30, 2009
Candover and Cinven, the private equity (PE) companies that own media group Springer Science and Business Media, Germany, have reportedly put the company up for sale with a price tag of £2 billion. The PE owners are believed to have appointed UBS and Goldman Sachs to… Read More
Now follow Knowledgespeak on Twitter - March 30, 2009
Knowledgespeak.com, published by Scope e-Knowledge Center, is now on twitter - http://twitter.com/knowledgespeak. Read More
Elsevier journal Biomaterials to host Biomaterials Asia 2009 - March 30, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that Biomaterials, a leading journal in the field of biomaterials science, will host Biomaterials Asia 2009. Scheduled for April 5-8, 2009, in Hong Kong, the event will highlight the latest Asian research developments, institutions, and individuals in biomaterials science. Under… Read More
PLoS ONE launches community blog for journal authors and readers - March 30, 2009
PLoS ONE, a free online journal published by open access publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS), US, has announced the launch of everyONE (http://everyone.plos.org), a new community blog for PLoS ONE authors and readers. As of March 2009, PLoS ONE has published… Read More
Emerald signs 5-year agreement with CASPUR - March 30, 2009
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has announced a 5-year deal with CASPUR (Consorzio Interuniversitario per le Applicazioni di Supercalcolo per Università e Ricerca) Inter-University Consortium for the Application of Super-Computing for Universities and Research. This agreement provides CASPUR's 27 members with… Read More
