Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - September 13, 2010
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (The Portfolio Strategy: Developing a Financially Sound Plan for Not-for-profit Publishers); Jef Akst (When is self-plagiarism ok?); Philip Davis (Post-publication Review: Is the Dialog of Science Really a Monologue?); and Joe Wikert (Textbook Publishing vs. Lifelong Learning Publishing).… Read More
Attention Subscribers – www.myscoope.com lets you access Knowledgespeak using your mobile devices - September 13, 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
Mobile content to take centre-stage at Frankfurt Book Fair - September 10, 2010
The Frankfurt Book Fair, a subsidiary of the German Publishers & Booksellers Association, has announced that STM, academic publishing and specialist information companies will be exhibiting at the Fair between October 6-10. The Frankfurt Book Fair, Hall 4.2 has reportedly made a name for itself as… Read More
T&F launches STAR initiative to offer online access to emerging regions - September 10, 2010
Publisher Taylor & Francis (T&F), UK, has announced a new initiative called Special Terms for Authors and Researchers (STAR). The new initiative, undertaken in collaboration with T&F's learned society, professional association and co-publishing partners, is a pioneering online access scheme for individual academic and scientific authors… Read More
Encoding.com’s Mobile-Made-Easy video presets used in Nature’s Scitable videos - September 10, 2010
Video encoding service provider Encoding.com, US, has announced that Nature Education is using its Mobile Made Easy video encoding presets to make the latter's Scitable open-access science library available on mobile phones. The Scitable mobile version, launched on August 25, extends access… Read More
EBSCO Publishing releases new bibliographic databases - September 10, 2010
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced the availability of new bibliographic databases - Alternative Press Index (API) and Alternative Press Archive. Alternative Press Index claims to be one of the most extensive and up-to-date guides to alternative sources of information available today.… Read More