Key reference information from World Book, Inc. and Infogroup now discoverable via the Summon Service - July 1, 2011
Serials Solutions, a US-based provider of tools and services for libraries and a business unit of ProQuest LLC, has announced that researchers will soon be able to discover reliable reference content from World Book and Infogroup's ReferenceUSA through the Summon service. World Book has long… Read More
Moroccan institute in partnership with Thomson Reuters for Web of Knowledge platform - July 1, 2011
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced a three-year partnership with Morocco's Institut Marocain de l'information Scientifique et Technique (IMIST). The deal is to bring Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge - an integrated search and discovery platform - to scientists and researchers at 14 IMIST… Read More
Oxford Journals launches pilot for online open access charges - July 1, 2011
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP), a department of the University of Oxford, has launched a pilot to administer open access charges online through a new ordering system built on top of the existing Oxford Journals Author Services infrastructure. The new system is a continuation… Read More
Taylor & Francis launches new platform as successor to informaworld - July 1, 2011
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis, UK, has announced the successful launch of the Taylor & Francis Online site. The site, now fully operational, is the successor to the informaworld platform. The process of redirecting from informaworld to Taylor & Francis Online reportedly ran smoothly and… Read More
ALPSP announces Sarah Durrant as new Chief Executive - July 1, 2011
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) has announced the appointment of Sarah Durrant as Chief Executive. Sarah brings to ALPSP more than twenty years experience in scholarly publishing gained in a variety of roles at major publishing houses and related organisations. Since… Read More
PLoS ONE journal named new SPARC Innovator - July 1, 2011
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has named the Public Library of Science's (PLoS) PLoS ONE as the SPARC Innovator for June 2011. Launched in 2006, PLoS ONE is an interdisciplinary journal and groundbreaking new model in which editors and reviewers do not… Read More
