Publishing Technology names Jon White as Business Development Director for Australia and New Zealand - July 27, 2011
Publishing-specific software solutions provider Publishing Technology, UK, has announced the appointment of Jon White, former Digital Publishing Director at Macmillan Education, as the company's Business Development Director for Australia and New Zealand. The appointment follows Publishing Technology's announcement last year that it intends to expand… Read More
Forty-nine libraries join the SirsiDynix Enterprise discovery platform - July 27, 2011
Library automation solutions provider SirsiDynix, US, has announced that 49 libraries selected the SirsiDynix Enterprise discovery platform for their user interface in Q2 of this year. Twenty two of these libraries expanded their solution to include SirsiDynix Portfolio digital asset management capabilities. Released last month,… Read More
Pharmacogenomics celebrates 100th issue - July 27, 2011
The journal Pharmacogenomics, published by Future Medicine, part of UK-based Future Science Group, is celebrating its 100th issue this year. The key objective of the peer-reviewed journal has been to provide a forum for multidisciplinary scientists to keep abreast of the latest developments in this… Read More
Audio reader application enables researchers to listen to scientific articles on SciVerse ScienceDirect - July 26, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the availability of an audio reader application from iSpeech, provider of cloud-based speech technology and mobile apps, on SciVerse Applications beta. The iSpeech Audio Reader is the latest in a growing list of applications enhancing the use of SciVerse ScienceDirect… Read More
Nature Publishing Group expands OA publishing in China - July 26, 2011
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced an expansion in open access publishing in China. Under the initiative, NPG will publish two open access journals - International Journal of Oral Science and Light: Science & Applications - with Chinese universities from 2012. In addition,… Read More
IOP Publishing and Chinese Academy of Sciences announce archiving deal - July 26, 2011
Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, UK, has announced a new deal with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Under the deal, researchers from CAS will now be able to access nearly 140 years of scientific research. The new arrangement gives researchers access… Read More