Gale announces enhancements to Grzimek’s Animal Life - February 22, 2010
E-research and educational publisher Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, has announced a major set of enhancements for Grzimek’s Animal Life, a comprehensive online resource covering more than 4,000 species of animals. Key enhancements include addition of new content, navigational tools and social networking capabilities. Complementary… Read More
OUP announces new publishing partnerships, expands economics journals programme - February 22, 2010
Oxford Journals, a division of Oxford University Press, has announced new publishing partnerships to publish two leading Economics journals - Quarterly Journal of Economics (QJE), on behalf of Harvard University, and The Review of Economic Studies (REStud), on behalf of Review of Economic Studies Ltd. QJE… Read More
LCA publishes issue brief on streaming of films for educational purposes - February 22, 2010
The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) has released an issue brief that reviews the legal status of streaming entire films to students located outside of physical classrooms. This follows the recent news of a disagreement between the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and a media equipment… Read More
Dr. Allan D. Kirk named Editor-in-Chief for the American Journal of Transplantation - February 22, 2010
The American Society of Transplantation (AST) and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) have announced the appointment of Dr. Allan D. Kirk as editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Transplantation (AJT). The journal is the official journal of the two societies. Kirk will succeed Dr.… Read More
Taylor & Francis UK Journals names Cadmus’ KGL their Top Supplier for 2009 - February 22, 2010
Content management and production services provider Cadmus Communications, a Cenveo company, has announced that Taylor & Francis (T&F) UK Journals has named KnowledgeWorks Global Limited (KGL) as the top supplier in 2009 for overall performance. KGL is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cadmus. Taylor & Francis publishes… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - February 22, 2010
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Michael Clarke (Why the iPad Marks the End of Price Controls for eBooks—and Why Publishers Have Lost); Gideon Burton (Scholarly Communications must be Scalable); Philip Davis (Culture Trumps Technology: The UC Berkeley Scholarly Communication Report); and James Hrynyshyn (What is… Read More
