Maney Publishing launches open access model, MORE OpenChoice - January 18, 2010
Academic Publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced the launch of a new open access (OA) business model, MORE OpenChoice. Twenty-four materials science and engineering journals and fifteen health science titles are initially included in MORE OpenChoice, with the intention to expand this to humanities journals in… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - January 18, 2010
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: David Crotty (Going Legit: The Difficult Path from Piracy to Partnership); Lydia Dishman (Why Even the Most Pirated E-Books of 2010 Won't Bring Down Publishing); Spero melior (Ontologies to facilitate revolution in scientific publishing); and Nicolas Gremion (The Greater Flexibility… Read More
De Gruyter and CiteULike partner with DeepDyve to make journals more widely accessible - January 15, 2010
Academic publisher De Gruyter, Germany, has announced that it is making more than 160,000 scholarly and professional journal articles available via DeepDyve, a company whose rental service for scientific research articles is designed to meet the needs of sophisticated professionals and consumers. Through DeepDyve, users will… Read More
CRKN concludes three-year license renewal deals with 14 scholarly publishers - January 15, 2010
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) has announced the conclusion of three-year license renewals with 14 scholarly publishers, valued at about $140 million (CAD). These agreements follow an extended round of negotiations with publishers, aimed at providing CRKN's 73 university members with resources that foster innovative… Read More
Elsevier Foundation announces $600,000 in new grants for libraries worldwide - January 15, 2010
The Elsevier Foundation has announced the 2009 grant recipients, committing a total of $600,000 to 12 institutions from around the world to support the work of libraries and scholars in science, technology and medicine. The grant recipients were selected from 250 applicants worldwide for their innovation… Read More
JBC to change publishing policies, eliminate submission fees for authors - January 15, 2010
The editors of the Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC) are unveiling this week a number of changes to the journal's publishing policies. The changes are seen to be in response to the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of biological research. According to the editors, the changes are expected to help the journal… Read More
