UKSG adds new chapters to ‘E-Resources Management Handbook’ - March 8, 2010
The UKSG has announced the latest chapters to be added to the E-Resources Management Handbook, its open access guide to the practical aspects of working with e-resources. The handbook comprises 27 chapters on topics such as licensing, archiving, marketing and ERM systems. Recent chapters include ‘Peer… Read More
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins’ new online resource offers expert information on successful journal management - March 8, 2010
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced the release of ‘The Editors Handbook: An Online Resource and CE Course,’ providing expertise in healthcare journal editing, with particular emphasis on nursing journal content. The Editor's Handbook covers critical topics… Read More
NFAIS names OCLC’ Lorcan Dempsey as 2010 Miles Conrad Awardee - March 8, 2010
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) has announced that Lorcan Dempsey, Vice President, Research and Chief Strategist, OCLC, was presented with the Miles Conrad Award at the NFAIS 52nd Annual Conference in Philadelphia. The objective of the Miles Conrad Memorial Lecture, established in 1965… Read More
American Psychological Association set to publish new journal – Psychology of Violence - March 8, 2010
The American Psychological Association (APA) has announced that it will begin publishing the journal, Psychology of Violence, beginning in spring 2011. The new journal is now soliciting submissions of research-based articles. The journal will be edited by Dr. Sherry L. Hamby, Research Associate Professor in the… Read More
EBSCO Publishing acquires Expert Publishing - March 8, 2010
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that it has acquired Expert Publishing (ExPub), a provider of up-to-date, decision-support chemical information for the global environmental health & safety (EH&S) community. ExPub databases offer EBSCO a variety of options for enhancing existing databases and… Read More
Nina V. Fedoroff named president-elect of AAAS - March 8, 2010
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elected Nina V. Fedoroff, science and technology adviser to the US Secretary of State and the US Agency for International Development, as AAAS president in 2011. Fedoroff, a geneticist and molecular biologist, is a pioneering researcher… Read More
