Jack Lynch resigns from Wolters Kluwer’s Member Executive Board - October 8, 2012
Professional information services provider Wolters Kluwer has announced that J.J. Lynch, Jr., Member of the Executive Board, has accepted an offer to become CEO of a company in the US software and information industry. As a consequence, Lynch will resign from the Wolters Kluwer Executive Board… Read More
UBM Electronics to conduct one day symposium for Electronics and Design Engineering Marketing professionals at Online Marketing Summit - October 8, 2012
UBM Electronics, a US-based provider of media and marketing solutions for the design engineering and the electronics industry, has announced the 'Marketing to Engineers Symposium,' a one-day symposium targeted to electronics and design engineering marketing professionals. The Symposium will take place on October 22, 2012 at… Read More
Center for the History of Medicine and MPublishing collaborate to launch digital influenza archives - October 8, 2012
The University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine, in partnership with the U-M Library's MPublishing division, has announced the release of The American Influenza Epidemic of 1918-1919: A Digital Encyclopedia, an original, open access digital collection of archival, primary, and interpretive materials related to… Read More
OCLC names Helene Blowers as WorldShare Management Services Community Manager - October 8, 2012
Library information provider OCLC, US, has announced the appointment of Helene Blowers, a library technology leader for more than 15 years, as OCLC WorldShare Management Services Community Manager. Her appointment will be effective November 1. In her new role, Blowers will be a primary liaison… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - October 8, 2012
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (Does Open Access Tackle, Perpetuate, or Exacerbate the Matthew Effect?); Eve Hardy (Scientific Misconduct, Not Error, Accounts For The Majority Of Article Retractions); Li-Shih Huang (There’s a disconnect between “scholarly value” and how we reach audiences who need… Read More
Association of American Publishers and Google announce settlement agreement - October 5, 2012
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) and Internet search services provider Google have announced a settlement agreement that will provide access to publishers' in-copyright books and journals digitised by Google for its Google Library Project. The dismissal of the lawsuit will end seven years of litigation.… Read More
