Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - July 9, 2012
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Heather Morrison (June 30, 2012 Dramatic Growth of Open Access); Mike Shatzkin (What retailers know that publishers need to know); Stevan Harnad (Why the UK Should Not Heed the Finch Report); Martyn Daniels (Digital Files Aren't Just For Christmas, But… Read More
CAS and the Council of Australian University Librarians partner to provide unlimited access to SciFinder - July 6, 2012
Chemical information provider Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society, has signed an agreement with the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) for unlimited access to SciFinder. CAUL comprises 39 academic institutions in Australia, including the University of Melbourne, Australian National University… Read More
Malaysian university, Thomson Reuters hold event on evidence-based research evaluation - July 6, 2012
Public research university, University of Malaya, and the Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters jointly organised a conference on evidence-based research evaluation. The ‘Conference on Institutional Perspectives on Evidence-Based Research Evaluation’ is seen to have garnered debate on research performance metrics used by institutions… Read More
Springer announces impact factor increases for 2011 - July 6, 2012
STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media, Germany, has announced significant increases in impact factors throughout its journal portfolio, according to the 2011 Journal Citation Reports (JCR), published by Thomson Reuters. A total of 62 Springer journals earned their first impact factor this year, bringing the number… Read More
JISC Collections to provide UK universities streamlined access to Knovel - July 6, 2012
JISC Collections, the membership organisation that supports the provision of digital content for education and research in the UK, and Knovel have signed a new three year agreement which gives UK universities and colleges streamlined access to Knovel. Knovel is a Web-based application integrating technical information… Read More
Oxford University Press launches new OA journal – Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health - July 6, 2012
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP), UK, and the Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health Foundation have announced the launch of an open access journal - Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health (EMPH). EMPH publishes original, rigorous applications of evolutionary biology to problems in medicine and public… Read More
