Wiley-Blackwell adds over 40 new titles to its journals programme in 2011 - February 9, 2011
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and Scholarly (STMS) publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced that it is adding 42 new titles to its journals programme in 2011. This includes 11 new launches and 35 journals published in collaboration with societies or other organisations.… Read More
SAGE acquires four journals owned and published by Palgrave Macmillan - February 9, 2011
Academic and professional publisher SAGE has announced the purchase of four journals currently owned and published by Palgrave Macmillan. The four titles, Information Visualization, Journal of Generic Medicines, Journal of Medical Marketing and Tourism and Hospitality Research have moved immediately to SAGE. Information Visualization is… Read More
Publishing Technology announces first live installation of advance Contract, Rights & Royalties solution - February 9, 2011
Publishing Technology plc, a UK-based provider of software and services to the publishing industry, has announced the first live installation of the new advance Contract, Rights & Royalties (CR&R) solution. Sterling Publishing, a committed Publishing Technology customer for over twenty years, is a publishing subsidiary of… Read More
HEFCE recommendations to restructure JISC for enhanced future operations - February 9, 2011
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has announced its findings and recommendations for the future of the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). The independent review chaired by Professor Sir Alan Wilson and carried out over a four month period concludes that, 'JISC is an… Read More
Highlights from BioMed Central’s Open Access Africa 2010 conference now online - February 9, 2011
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that videos, slideshows and photos from the Open Access Africa 2010 conference are now available online. The conference, held late last year in Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya, was hosted by BioMed Central, in conjunction with Computer Aid International.… Read More
NICTA partners with Microsoft Research Asia to improve online video search - February 9, 2011
Australia's Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Centre of Excellence NICTA (National ICT Australia) has announced that it is collaborating with Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) to develop technology to improve the performance of online video search engines. With new research funding from Microsoft Research Asia, NICTA… Read More
