ALPSP appoints Dr Audrey McCulloch as new Chief Executive - March 21, 2012
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), an international association for scholarly and professional publishers, have announced the appointment of Dr Audrey McCulloch as its new Chief Executive. Audrey steps up to the position of Chief Executive after a year and a half… Read More
SAGE opts for DataSalon’s customer insight tool MasterVision - March 21, 2012
Academic and professional publisher SAGE, US, has adopted DataSalon's MasterVision product to provide customer insight for its targeted, data-driven prospecting, cross-selling and renewal activities. The system is said to bring together a wide variety of data for individual library, institutional and consortia customers, including their subscriptions,… Read More
Scrivener Publishing set to launch two new journals in late 2012 - March 21, 2012
Scrivener Publishing, a provider of book and chapter length material for industry practitioners and academic researchers in the technical applied sciences, has announced plans to launch two journals in late 2012. The journals are: Journal of Renewable Materials and Journal of Sustainable Energy Engineering. Journal… Read More
ebrary announces new strategic approach to e-book acquisition - March 21, 2012
E-books and research technology provider ebrary, US, has announced a strategic new approach to e-book acquisition based on three steps - Transition, Diversify and Streamline. The initiative is expected to help libraries meet the research needs of their entire institutions and maximise their budgets. Libraries… Read More
Saunders Solutions for Vets’ suite of eCPD courses now available via Vetstream’s Vetacademy - March 20, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that Saunders Solutions for Vets' suite of online Continuing Professional Development (eCPD) courses are now available through Vetstream's Vetacademy. Vetacademy, an online learning platform for the veterinary market, claims to be the first of its kind to offer a 'department… Read More
Forty nine NPG journals now support Creative Commons through annual donation - March 20, 2012
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced that 49 journals it publishes now support Creative Commons through an annual donation. Based on the 1,113 open access articles published in 2011 in these journals, NPG and its partners are donating $22,260 to Creative Commons (CC).… Read More
