American Chemical Society forms Board-Presidential Task Force on Education - March 3, 2009
The American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society, has created a Board-Presidential Task Force on Education to identify a unique role for the society in transforming education in the US. The task force's charter calls upon it to review recommendations contained in STEM (Science,… Read More
TechTarget launches site to guide IT firms in compliance with Federal regulations - March 3, 2009
Information technology (IT) media company TechTarget, Inc., US, has announced the launch of a web portal, SearchCompliance.com. The site seeks to give strategic technology and business professionals the resources they need to better understand Federal regulations and bring their organisation into compliance.… Read More
Portico and Medknow Publications announce archiving deal - March 3, 2009
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced an agreement with Medknow Publications, India. Under the deal, Portico will preserve the latter's entire online journals collection of 77 titles. Medknow is a publisher of academic and scientific peer-reviewed open access journals. Through this agreement, Medknow… Read More
EMH Swiss Medical Publisher selects Editorial Manager for online peer-review - March 3, 2009
Online submission system provider Aries Systems Corporation, US, has announced an agreement with EMH Swiss Medical Publisher Ltd. (Schweizerische Ärzteverlag AG). Under the deal, Aries' Editorial Manager online peer-review system will be deployed to journals published by EMH. The project will begin with deployment of Editorial… Read More
Six Gale resources make it as CODiE Award finalists - March 3, 2009
E-research and educational publisher Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, has announced that six of its resources have been selected as finalists in the Software & Information Industry Association's (SIIA) 24th annual CODiE Awards. The awards celebrate achievement and vision in software, education technology and digital… Read More
Association of American Publishers names new President and CEO - March 3, 2009
The Board of Directors of the Association of American Publishers has announced the appointment of Tom Allen as President and CEO. He succeeds former Congresswoman Pat Schroeder, who served in that position since June 1997. The Association of American Publishers is the national trade association of… Read More
