Caroline Kennedy named Honorary Chair, National Library Week 2013 - November 27, 2012
The American Library Association has named Caroline Kennedy as the 2013 Honorary Chair of National Library Week (April 14-20, 2013). During National Library Week and throughout the month of April, libraries of all types - public, school, academic and special - hold special events to… Read More
Elsevier launches new OA journal – Leukemia Research Reports - November 26, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of a new open access, online journal - Leukemia Research Reports. Leukemia Research Reports, a sister journal to the publication Leukemia Research, will deliver timely information online to all healthcare professionals involved in basic and/or applied clinical research… Read More
Four organisations recognised as India’s most innovative, named recipients of Thomson Reuters India Innovation Awards 2012 - November 26, 2012
Thomson Reuters, a leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has announced that four organisations have been recognised as India's most innovative and named as the recipients of the Thomson Reuters India Innovation Awards 2012. First established in 2007, the Awards recognise the most… Read More
SAGE acquires Royal Society of Medicine’s journal programme - November 26, 2012
Academic publisher SAGE has announced a landmark agreement with the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) to acquire its journal programme. With immediate effect, 28 titles formerly published by the Royal Society of Medicine Press will be published by SAGE. The Royal Society of Medicine is… Read More
BioMed Central journals accepting manuscripts peer reviewed by Peerage of Science - November 26, 2012
Open access (OA) publisher BioMed Central has announced that its journals BMC Biology, BMC Ecology, BMC Evolutionary Biology and Frontiers in Zoology are now welcoming manuscripts that have been reviewed through the community peer-review initiative Peerage of Science. The initiative aims to not only bring… Read More
COAR and euroCRIS announce strategic partnership - November 26, 2012
The World Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) and euroCRIS recently announced a strategic partnership. A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed at the euroCRIS members meeting in Madrid/Spain on November 6, 2012. The partnership will be based on the mutual understanding of the importance of… Read More
