DGI and Elsevier announce Best Paper Award - July 6, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Informationswissenschaft und Informationspraxis e.V. (DGI) will honour Young Information Professionals (YIPs) with the 'Semantic Web & Linked Data - Elements of Future Information infrastructures' Best Paper Award. The award will be presented at… Read More
Google’s Chinese licence renewal remains uncertain - July 6, 2010
After a wait of five days, Internet search services firm Google, Inc., US, continued to be kept uninformed on whether or not its operating licence in China would be renewed, according to media reports. The licence, issued by the Chinese government, is necessary for Google to… Read More
Thieme publishes visually-driven single volume atlas focusing on the nerves of the human brain - July 6, 2010
STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has published a visually-driven single volume Atlas that incorporates detailed descriptions of the anatomy and function of cranial nerves with practical coverage of clinical concepts for the assessment and differential diagnosis of cranial nerve dysfunction. The atlas 'Cranial Nerves: Anatomy,… Read More
Maney Publishing partners with digital preservation services to secure e-journal content - July 6, 2010
Academic Publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has joined the CLOCKSS, LOCKSS and Portico digital preservation services to guarantee the long-term security of its e-journal content. Maney currently has more than 100 e-journals in materials science and engineering, health sciences and humanities. The partnerships seek to enhance the… Read More
Emerald acquires Review of Marketing Research book series - July 6, 2010
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has acquired Review of Marketing Research, and will publish the next volume of this book series in early 2011. Founding Editor Dr Naresh K. Malhotra has been recognised as one of the most eminent scholars in… Read More
Yerevan named World Book Capital 2012 - July 6, 2010
Yerevan was named as the 'World Book Capital 2012' at the conclusion of the selection committee meeting, which was held on July 2, 2010 at UNESCO's Paris headquarters. The city of Yerevan was selected for the quality and the variety of its detailed, realistic, grass-roots programme, focusing on universal issues,… Read More
