SPARC-ACRL forum scheduled to be held at ALA on June 23 - May 7, 2012
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has announced that the next SPARC-ACRL Forum, ‘Campus Open Access Funds: The State of Play’ will be held at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA, on June 23, 2012, from 4:00-5:30 pm in the Grand Ballroom South… Read More
Pearson and LearnSomething partnership to expand professional training solutions - May 7, 2012
Print and digital education materials provider Pearson has announced an expansion of its professional training solutions by partnering with LearnSomething, a provider of customised, digitally-delivered corporate training services. The collaboration will result in a comprehensive set of solutions to assist corporations, associations, unions and government… Read More
Bloomberg BNA Healthcare publications win 2012 ASHPE awards - May 7, 2012
Bloomberg BNA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bloomberg, has received two 2012 awards for healthcare reporting from The American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors (ASHPE). Pharmaceutical Law & Industry Report, edited by Brian Broderick, won a Gold Award in the Best Single Issue (Newsletter) category,… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - May 7, 2012
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (Where There’s Smoke — Is Sponsorship of Open Access Author Fees a New Type of Conflict of Interest?); Patrick Dunleavy (Paper books in a digital era: How conservative publishers and authors almost killed off books in university social… Read More
New ACS Publications journal set to publish research aimed at advancing sustainable processes - May 4, 2012
American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications, US, has announced ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, a new peer-reviewed journal with a focus on advancing research that aims to minimise environmental harm and achieve sustainable processes. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering will seek to provide a comprehensive and… Read More
Elsevier Foundation seeks new grant proposals for 2012 New Scholars and Innovative Libraries in Developing Countries programmes - May 4, 2012
The Elsevier Foundation is seeking new grant proposals for the 2012 New Scholars and Innovative Libraries in Developing Countries programmes. The deadline for proposals is June 24, 2012. Grants will be awarded in December 2012 and provide one, two and three year awards between US$5,000 to… Read More
