EBSCO offers scholarships to librarians attending 2011 ALA Midwinter Meeting - September 20, 2010
The American Library Association (ALA) and information services provider EBSCO, US, have announced a partnership to offer five scholarships for librarians to attend the 2011 ALA Midwinter Meeting in San Diego. The meeting, scheduled for January 7-11, 2011, offers an opportunity for continuing education, meetings and… Read More
Ex Libris announces two senior appointments - September 20, 2010
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced important changes to its management team in the US. In recognition of his ongoing advocacy for libraries and librarianship, Carl Grant has been appointed to a new role as Ex Libris chief librarian. In this capacity, Grant will… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - September 20, 2010
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (Why the Open Access Financial Model Will Continue to Transmogrify); Katharine O'Moore-Klopf ( Medical Publishing and Full Disclosure of Editing Assistance); Philip Davis (Privatizing Peer Review — The PubCred Proposal); and Jeff Richgels (Is iNewspaper the next iPad… Read More
Attention Subscribers – www.myscoope.com lets you access Knowledgespeak using your mobile devices - September 20, 2010
Mobile access for Knowledgespeak is now available via our new beta application, SCOOPE STM Mobile. Subscribers on the move can now gain easy access to Knowledgespeak through a reader-friendly mobile phone interface. This application is uniquely available in two versions:… Read More
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
