EBSCO sponsors scholarship to 2012 Charleston Conference - July 16, 2012
Information services provider EBSCO is sponsoring a $1,000 scholarship for a qualifying librarian or paraprofessional to attend the 32nd Annual Charleston Conference: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition. The event is scheduled for November 7-10, 2012, in Charleston, S.C. In keeping with the conference’s 2012 theme,… Read More
The Institution of Engineering and Technology set to launch new Digital Library - July 16, 2012
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has announced plans to further expand its digital offering with a significantly redeveloped and enhanced Digital Library. The new Digital Library, developed on Publishing Technology’s pub2web platform, is designed to improve the speed and ease with which academic and… Read More
IEEE Journals report significant gains in 2011 impact factor rankings - July 16, 2012
Technical professional organisation IEEE has announced that the organisation has maintained its position as one of the top publishers of science and technology journals. According to the 2011 Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports (JCR) released in June 2012, IEEE journals sustained their status as premier scholarly… Read More
AIP emphasises commitment to deliver world-class content - July 16, 2012
AIP Publishing, a division of the American Institute of Physics (AIP), has reinforced its commitment to deliver world-class content, accessibility and outreach. It has stated that it recognises that the STM publishing landscape is evolving due to scientists' changing information needs, technological advancements and emerging trends. These… Read More
ebrary adds thousands of titles to Government Complete - July 16, 2012
ebrary, a ProQuest business, has added thousands of relevant e-books across acquisition models, which provide libraries with the highest return on investment when combined. With this initiative, the company seeks to help government libraries acquire e-books more strategically. Diversifying acquisition models is a key component of… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - July 16, 2012
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Mike Shatzkin (Publishing in the Cloud is the next big important subject); Stevan Harnad (Overselling the Importance and Urgency of CC-BY for Peer-Reviewed Scholarly and Scientific Research); Mark Carrigan (Do ‘prestigious’ journals make academics lazy? An unlikely parallel with the… Read More
