SAGE to migrate over 560 journals to next generation platform - June 25, 2010
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that the planned upgrade of the SAGE Journals Online platform will be complete by July 30, 2010. More than 560 journals will be migrated onto SAGE's next generation platform, supported by HighWire's H2O platform and accompanying services and infrastructure. To ensure… Read More
BioMed Central launches Endocrinology and Gastroenterology gateways - June 25, 2010
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, recently launched two new gateways in the fields of Endocrinology and Gastroenterology. These gateways seek to provide researchers in these disciplines with up-to-the minute information including relevant research, recent news and research highlights. Each gateway features an item about a… Read More
Oxford University Press acquires Numicon Ltd - June 25, 2010
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP), UK, has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Numicon Ltd. Numicon provides a multi-sensory primary maths teaching programme that engages learners with its visual, auditory and kinaesthetic approach. The acquisition augments OUP's maths presence in the UK schools… Read More
Nature most highly cited journal in the JCR - June 25, 2010
Scientific Publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced that journal Nature's 2009 Impact Factor is its highest ever (34.480). The journal remains the number one weekly science journal for the third consecutive year, and is the 8th highest ranked of 7347 journals by Impact Factor… Read More
OCLC and ebrary partner to add ebook records, links to WorldCat - June 25, 2010
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, and digital content products and technologies provider ebrary are working together to add records for the ebrary ebook catalogue to WorldCat. WorldCat claims to be the world's most comprehensive database of library materials. ebrary's growing selection… Read More
AAUP announces election of Richard Brown to presidency - June 25, 2010
The Association of American University Presses (AAUP) has announced that Georgetown University Press Director Richard Brown assumed leadership of the AAUP on June 19, 2010. Brown will serve a one-year term. He succeeds Kathleen Keane, director of Johns Hopkins University Press, who remains on the association's… Read More
