Springer and University of Hong Kong renew Open Choice agreement - July 8, 2011
STM publisher Springer has announced that the University of Hong Kong (HKU) Libraries has signed a renewal agreement that allows researchers with affiliation to the HKU to publish their research results in Springer journals by using Springer Open Choice. After a one-year pilot project, which… Read More
Unique funding tool integrated into SciVal Experts - July 7, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the availability of a new tool in its expertise management solution SciVal Experts. The tool seamlessly links opportunities within SciVal Funding, Elsevier's funding intelligence solution, to researcher profiles within SciVal Experts, automating the process of matching expertise with grants. … Read More
2010 among most challenging year for US book industry, says annual review - July 7, 2011
Bibliographic information provider Bowker, a business unit of ProQuest, and industry trade magazine Publishers Weekly have released the 2010-11 US Book Consumer Demographics and Buying Behaviors Annual Review. The review is projected as the publishing industry's only complete consumer-based report integrating channel, motivation and category analysis… Read More
BioMed, BFI unveil integrated database and journal, ‘GigaScience’ - July 7, 2011
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, and genomics institute BGI have announced the November 2011 launch of a new integrated database and journal called GigaScience. The product is projected to meet the needs of a new generation of biological and biomedical research as it enters the… Read More
EMpact Sales to provide sales representation service for the Ecological Society of America - July 7, 2011
EMpact Sales (EMpact), the publisher representation group of EBSCO, has announced that it has been chosen as sales agent for the Ecological Society of America (ESA). Under the agreement, EMpact will represent ESA products in Mexico, Central America, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Cuba and Brazil (excluding… Read More
NISO awarded Mellon Foundation grant for two standards incubation workshops - July 7, 2011
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has been awarded a $48,500 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to fund two standards incubation workshops, which it will lead with the Internet Archive, on the topic of E-Book Annotation Sharing and Social Reading. These meetings will be… Read More
