The iPad model can bring developments in management and efficiency in developing nations - May 17, 2010
While Apple Inc. has focused its sales of the iPad in the West, the most interesting market for iPad-like tablet devices in countries like India could be small businesses and start-ups, according to a recent post in the Wall Street Journal. The post, authored by Alok… Read More
Nature Publishing, British Library and Mendeley to co-host Science Online London 2010 - May 17, 2010
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group, the British Library and Mendeley will host Science Online London 2010. The event, scheduled for September 3-4, 2010, will take place at the British Library in St Pancras, London. The event seeks to bring together members of the scientific community who… Read More
University of Ottawa becomes latest member of ARL - May 17, 2010
The University of Ottawa Library has joined the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) as its 125th member. The membership of the ARL voted to invite the University of Ottawa Library to join as its 125th member during its 2010 Spring Membership Meeting in Seattle, WA. University… Read More
Gale and De Gruyter announce distribution agreement - May 17, 2010
Educational publisher Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, has announced an agreement with academic publisher Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG. Under the deal, Gale will distribute De Gruyter periodicals through a number of its academic resources. Titles included are academic periodicals in the areas… Read More
Scientific Societies SBS and ALA merge to become the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening - May 17, 2010
The Society for Biomolecular Sciences (SBS) and the Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA) have announced that both scientific societies have merged to become the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS). Both memberships officially authorised the merger with more than 95 percent of the votes cast… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - May 17, 2010
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joe Wikert (Reaching New Audiences); Kent Anderson (E-Readers Will Take Centerstage If Prices Drop, Yet Publishers Still Have Two Left Feet); Philip Davis (The Stick and the Carrot: Why Direct Incentives in Science are Dangerous); Roy Tennant (When Open Source… Read More
