Nature Publishing Group joins STEM education initiative - September 17, 2010
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced that it has joined Change the Equation (CTEq), a CEO-led initiative to cultivate widespread literacy in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) in the US. NPG is committing a three-year 'Bridge to Science' initiative in support of… Read More
Association for Psychological Science journals used in pilot to evaluate SciVee video PubCasts - September 17, 2010
Academic publisher SAGE and SciVee, a video platform solutions provider to the scientific, technical and medical market, have announced a trial of the SciVee platform for three journals published by SAGE on behalf of the Association for Psychological Science. The three-month trial is designed to evaluate… Read More
York St John University becomes first academic institution in the UK to implement WorldCat Local - September 17, 2010
Library cooperative OCLC has announced that York St John University has become the first academic institution in the UK to implement OCLC's WorldCat Local as its new library end-user discovery interface. The WorldCat Local service delivers single-search access to more than 450 million items from locally… Read More
New learning centre for schools opened at the British Library - September 17, 2010
British Library, the national library of the United Kingdom, has opened its revamped and expanded Learning Centre, the Harry M Weinrebe Learning Centre. Funded entirely through private donations, the Learning Centre offers pupils and teachers cutting-edge facilities to support digital literacy skills as well as first-hand… Read More
ChemSpider awarded ALPSP Award for Publishing Innovation 2010 - September 17, 2010
The Royal Society of Chemistry has announced that its free online chemistry database, ChemSpider, was awarded the ALPSP Award for Publishing Innovation 2010 in a shortlist of four. This is ChemSpider's third award of the year. The ALPSP Award for Publishing Innovation recognises a significantly innovative… Read More
John Wiley & Sons names Stephen M. Smith as new President & CEO, William J. Pesce to retire - September 17, 2010
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced that William J. Pesce will be retiring on April 30, 2011, and Stephen M. Smith has been named as the Company's next President and Chief Executive Officer. Smith will become a member of the company's Board of… Read More
