Scanning devices discussed in debate over Google books digitisation project - December 14, 2010
Digitally savvy academics are reportedly excited as well as anxious about Google's plan to digitise tens of millions of books and create an online library and bookstore, according to the New York Times series Humanities 2.0. While the proposal remains in legal limbo as the result… Read More
Springer in deal to provide exclusive publishing services for Atlantis Press - December 14, 2010
STM publisher Springer has announced that it is now exclusively responsible for production, marketing and distribution for the French scientific publishing house Atlantis Press. Atlantis Press will continue to develop its own programme of books, primarily in the fields of computer science,… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell and the FDI World Dental Federation announce new publishing partnership - December 14, 2010
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced that it has been selected by the FDI World Dental Federation to publish their journal, the International Dental Journal (IDJ). Wiley-Blackwell will begin publishing the IDJ… Read More
New Emerald Group Publishing book series explores how social networking sites are changing the face of higher education - December 14, 2010
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has released a new book series that seeks to explore how social networking sites are changing the face of higher education. Social networking is a 21st century phenomenon, with sites such as Facebook attracting over… Read More
Posters from over 100 conferences now included in F1000 Posters - December 14, 2010
Article evaluation services provider Faculty of 1000 (F1000), UK, has announced that F1000 Posters has grown rapidly since its launch in June 2010 and now incorporates posters from more than 100 national and international conferences. These include submissions from many of the world's largest scientific meetings.… Read More
NDIIPP partner digital collections now viewable on website - December 14, 2010
The Library of Congress's National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) has introduced a new section in its website to provide a high level view of the collections that partners are preserving worldwide. Users of 'Explore Partner Collections' will now see a map plotting the… Read More
